William Henry Anderson

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William Henry Anderson
Born	November 21, 1908 Chesterfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died	November 13, 1997(1997-11-13) (aged 88) Snow Hill, Maryland, United States
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Maryland
Scientific career
Fields	Entomology
Institutions	United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology, Plant Quarantine, Insect Identification, Parasite Introduction Research Branch

William Henry Anderson (November 21, 1908 – November 13, 1997) was an American entomologist.

Biography

Anderson was born in 1908. He was educated at the University of Maryland, in which he also got his Ph.D. in 1936. During the same year he became a member of the United States Department of Agriculture, his job was there as a field assistant, and at the same time he worked with the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. In 1937 he received a promotion as an assistant entomologist, and in 1939 he became the entomologist himself. He was appointed as Chief of Insect Identification and Parasite Introduction Research Branch in 1960, which position he kept till he retired in 1967. He was a specialist on the Coleoptera and its larvae.