Charles William Leng was an American naturalist

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 and historian

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 especially associated with Staten Island

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, New York

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, where he was the borough historian from 1923 until the 1930s.

Leng was an internationally known entomologist who co-founded the Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences with William T. Davis

William T. Davis

William Thompson Davis was an American naturalist, entomologist, and historian especially associated with Staten Island in New York City. He was prominent in the borough's affairs throughout his life....

. He served as director from 1919 until his death on January 24, 1941.

Leng was co-author with Davis of Staten Island and its People, a comprehensive history of the island from 1609 to 1929 in five volumes.

Publications

• Willis Stanley Blatchley, Charles William Leng, Rhynchophora or weevils of north eastern America, The Nature Publishing Company, 1916 - 682 pages Full text