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==Biography==
==Biography==
Ephraim Porter Felt was born in [[Salem, Massachusetts]] on January 7, 1868, to Charles Wilson Felt and Martha Seeth Ropes Felt.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=HB|first=Weiss|date=1944-01-01|title=EPHRAIM PORTER FELT 1868-1943|url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94544000|journal=Science|language=English|volume=99|issue=2560|pages=52–53|doi=10.1126/SCIENCE.99.2560.52}}</ref> He was educated at [[Massachusetts Agricultural College]], [[Boston University]], and [[Cornell University|Cornell]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=Cyclopaedia>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gawYAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA330 |title=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography |volume=XII |publisher=James T. White & Company |page=330 |year=1904 |access-date=2020-08-16 |via=Google Books}}</ref> Before becoming State Entomologist for [[New York (state)|New York]], he taught natural sciences at [[Clinton Liberal Institute]].<ref name=":0" />
Ephraim Porter Felt was born in [[Salem, Massachusetts]] on January 7, 1868, to Charles Wilson Felt and Martha Seeth Ropes Felt.<ref name=":0">{{Cite Q|Q94544000}}</ref> He was educated at [[Massachusetts Agricultural College]], [[Boston University]], and [[Cornell University|Cornell]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=Cyclopaedia>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gawYAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA330 |title=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography |volume=XII |publisher=James T. White & Company |page=330 |year=1904 |access-date=2020-08-16 |via=Google Books}}</ref> From 1893 to 1895, Felt taught natural sciences at [[Clinton Liberal Institute]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1895, he was appointed assistant to [[Joseph Albert Lintner|J.A. Lintner]], the State Entomologist of New York.<ref name=":0" /> Following Lintner's death in 1898, Felt was appointed as State Entomologist and remained in that position until his retirement in 1928.<ref name=":0" /> In retirement he worked at Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories in [[Stamford, Connecticut|Stamford]], Connecticut, where he died from a heart attack on December 14, 1943.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=1943-12-15|title=Death Takes Entomologist|page=3|newspaper=[[The Ithaca Journal]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57492871/death-takes-entomologist/|access-date=2020-08-16|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>


He married Helen Maria Otterson on June 24, 1896, and they had two children.<ref name=Cyclopaedia/>
He married Helen Maria Otterson on June 24, 1896, and they had two children.<ref name=Cyclopaedia/>


Felt worked mostly with [[Nematocera]], particularly [[Cecidomyiidae]]. However, as State Entomologist for New York, the scope of his work included all insects of [[economic entomology|economic]] or medical significance. He wrote ''Insects Affecting Park and Woodland Trees'' (New York State Museum Memoir 8, 1905-1906) and ''Plant Galls and Gall Makers'' (Ithaca, N.Y., Comstock Pub. Co., 1940), and described over 1,000 [[species]] in scientific journals. He described the mosquito genus ''[[Culiseta]]''. The [[holotype]]s of the Felt-named insect species are in the [[National Museum of Natural History]].
Felt worked mostly with [[Nematocera]], particularly [[Cecidomyiidae]]. However, as State Entomologist for New York, the scope of his work included all insects of [[economic entomology|economic]] or [[Medical entomology|medical]] significance. He wrote ''Insects Affecting Park and Woodland Trees'' (New York State Museum Memoir 8, 1905-1906) and ''Plant Galls and Gall Makers'' (Ithaca, N.Y., Comstock Pub. Co., 1940), and described over 1,000 [[species]] in scientific journals. He described the mosquito genus ''[[Culiseta]]''. The [[holotype]]s of the Felt-named insect species are in the [[National Museum of Natural History]].<ref>{{cite journal|author=Howard, L.O.|authorlink=Leland Ossian Howard|year=1930 |title=History of applied Entomology (Somewhat Anecdotal)|journal= Smiths. Miscell. Coll.|volume= 84. |url=https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/23848|pages=1-564}}</ref>
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<ref>{{cite book|authorlink=Arnold Mallis|author=Mallis, A.|year= 1971|title=American Entomologists|publisher= Rutgers Univ. Press |place=New Brunswick |pages=399-402}}</ref>

He died from a heart attack in [[Stamford, Connecticut]] on December 14, 1943.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57492871/death-takes-entomologist/ |title=Death Takes Entomologist |newspaper=[[The Ithaca Journal]] |page=3 |date=1943-12-15 |access-date=2020-08-16 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
*Howard, L. O. 1930 ''History of applied Entomology (Somewhat Anecdotal)''. Smiths. Miscell. Coll. 84.
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*Mallis, A. 1971 ''American Entomologists''. Rutgers Univ. Press New Brunswick 399-402, Portr.


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080108114725/http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/pubs/pub.asp PDFs of papers on mosquitoes]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080108114725/http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/pubs/pub.asp PDFs of papers on mosquitoes]
*{{worldcat id|lccn-no96-13471}}


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[[Category:Cornell University alumni]]
[[Category:Cornell University alumni]]
[[Category:Dipterists]]
[[Category:Dipterists]]
[[Category:University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni]]
[[Category:Massachusetts Agricultural College alumni]]

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Ephraim Porter Felt
Born(1868-01-07)January 7, 1868
Salem, Massachusetts
DiedDecember 14, 1943(1943-12-14) (aged 75)
Stamford, Connecticut
Education
OccupationEntomologist
Spouse
Helen Maria Otterson
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(m. 1896)​
Children2
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Ephraim Porter Felt (January 7, 1868 – December 14, 1943) was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera.

Biography

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Ephraim Porter Felt was born in Salem, Massachusetts on January 7, 1868, to Charles Wilson Felt and Martha Seeth Ropes Felt.[1] He was educated at Massachusetts Agricultural College, Boston University, and Cornell.[1][2] From 1893 to 1895, Felt taught natural sciences at Clinton Liberal Institute.[1] In 1895, he was appointed assistant to J.A. Lintner, the State Entomologist of New York.[1] Following Lintner's death in 1898, Felt was appointed as State Entomologist and remained in that position until his retirement in 1928.[1] In retirement he worked at Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories in Stamford, Connecticut, where he died from a heart attack on December 14, 1943.[1][3]

He married Helen Maria Otterson on June 24, 1896, and they had two children.[2]

Felt worked mostly with Nematocera, particularly Cecidomyiidae. However, as State Entomologist for New York, the scope of his work included all insects of economic or medical significance. He wrote Insects Affecting Park and Woodland Trees (New York State Museum Memoir 8, 1905-1906) and Plant Galls and Gall Makers (Ithaca, N.Y., Comstock Pub. Co., 1940), and described over 1,000 species in scientific journals. He described the mosquito genus Culiseta. The holotypes of the Felt-named insect species are in the National Museum of Natural History.[4] [5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Weiss HB (January 1, 1944). "EPHRAIM PORTER FELT 1868-1943". Science. 99 (2560): 52–53. doi:10.1126/SCIENCE.99.2560.52. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17734967. Wikidata Q94544000.
  2. ^ a b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XII. James T. White & Company. 1904. p. 330. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Death Takes Entomologist". The Ithaca Journal. December 15, 1943. p. 3. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Howard, L.O. (1930). "History of applied Entomology (Somewhat Anecdotal)". Smiths. Miscell. Coll. 84.: 1–564.
  5. ^ Mallis, A. (1971). American Entomologists. New Brunswick: Rutgers Univ. Press. pp. 399–402.
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