Altus Lacy Quaintance
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Altus Lacy Quaintance (December 19, 1870 – August 7, 1958) was an American naturalist.
Quaintance was born in New Sharon, Iowa
, and received a Bachelor of Sciences at the Florida Agricultural
College at the University of Florida
in 1893, a Master of Science from
the Polytechnic Institute in Alabama in 1894 and at the same location,
a Doctorate of Sciences in 1915. From 1894 to 1902, he taught biology
and entomology at the University of Florida and then to the
agricultural experimental station of Georgia, and also as an entomologist at
the University of Maryland
. In 1903, he was hired at the Department of
Entomology USDA before doing
research on insect pests of fruit trees in the new office of
entomology, a function that he retained until his retirement in 1930. Quaintance was also the President of the Entomological Society of Washington, and was called to testify before Congress on an Agricultural Appropriation bill.
In Maryland, Quaintance was a resident of White Oak
. He died in Lake City, Florida
.
Quaintance was born in New Sharon, Iowa
New Sharon, Iowa
New Sharon is a city in Mahaska County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,301 at the 2000 census.-Geography:New Sharon is located at ....
, and received a Bachelor of Sciences at the Florida Agricultural
College at the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
in 1893, a Master of Science from
the Polytechnic Institute in Alabama in 1894 and at the same location,
a Doctorate of Sciences in 1915. From 1894 to 1902, he taught biology
and entomology at the University of Florida and then to the
agricultural experimental station of Georgia, and also as an entomologist at
the University of Maryland
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
. In 1903, he was hired at the Department of
Entomology USDA before doing
research on insect pests of fruit trees in the new office of
entomology, a function that he retained until his retirement in 1930. Quaintance was also the President of the Entomological Society of Washington, and was called to testify before Congress on an Agricultural Appropriation bill.
In Maryland, Quaintance was a resident of White Oak
White Oak, Maryland
White Oak is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.-Geography:As an unincorporated area, White Oak's boundaries are not officially defined...
. He died in Lake City, Florida
Lake City, Florida
Lake City is the county seat of Columbia County, Florida, in the United States. In 2009, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 12,614. In addition, it is the Principal City of the Lake City Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is composed of Columbia County, and had an...
.
Partial list of publications
- With William Moore Scott Spraying peaches for the control of brown-rot, scab, and curculio (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1911).
- Contributions toward monograph of American Aleurodidae; Red spiders of U.S. (Tetranychus and Stigmaeus) (1900).
- With Arthur Challen Baker (1875–1959) Control of aphids injurious to orchard fruits, currant, gooseberry and grape (1920).
- Cotton bollworm (1903–1904).
- Fumigation of apples for San Jose scale (1909).
Source
- Arnold Mallis (1971). American Entomologists. Rutgers University Press (New Brunswick) : xvii + 549 p.