William Harris Ashmead 3479969 183421324 2008-01-10T16:32:50Z Handicapper 1692613 [[Image:Ashmead William Harris 1855-1908.png|thumb|230px|right|William Harris Ashmead.]] William Harris Ashmead was an [[United States|American]] [[entomologist]] born on [[19th September]] , [[1855]] at [[Philadelphia]]. He died [[17 October]], [[1908]] at [[Washington D.C.]] After his studies in Philadelphia, Ashmead worked for the publisher [[J. B. Lippincott Company|J. B. Lippincott Co.]] Later, he settled in [[Florida]] where he formed his own publishing house devoted to [[agriculture]]. He also launched the ''Florida Dispatch'', an agricultural weekly magazine which included a headed section devoted to injurious insects. In 1879, he began writing papers for scientific publications and, in 1887, he became a field entomologist working for the Ministry for the Agriculture of Florida. The following year, he became entomologist at the Agricultural Research station of [[Lake City, Florida|Lake City]]. In 1889, he worked again for the Ministry for Agriculture. The following year, and for two years, he traveled, in particular to [[Germany]], to perfect his entomological knowledge. In 1895, he obtained the post of conservation assistant in the Department of Entomology of the [[National Museum of Natural History|U.S. National Museum]], a position he occupied until his death. He was mainly a [[Systematics|systematic]] entomologist who worked on many groups of insects, but particularly on [[Hymenoptera]] and he published approximately 260 articles in various scientific reviews. Translated from French Wikipedia ==Works== Selected books: * ''Monograph of the North American Proctotrypidae.'' (Bulletin of the US National Museum, no. 45) Washington: US GPO, 1893. * ''Descriptions of New genera and species of Hymenoptera from the Philippine Islands.'' (Procceedings of the US National Museum, no. 29) Washington: US GPO, 1904. Selected articles on the Order Hymenoptera: * "Studies on the North American Proctotrupidae, with descriptions of new species from Florida." ''Entomol. Am.'' 3: 73-76, 97-100, 117-119 (1887). * "Descriptions of some new genera and species of Canadian Proctotrupidae." ''Can. Entomol. '' 20: 48-55 (1888). * "Description of a new genus and new species of proctotrypid bred by Mr F.W. Urich from an embiid." ''J. Trin. Fld. Nat. Club'' 2: 264-266 (1895). * "The phylogeny of the Hymenoptera". ''Proc. Ent. soc. Washington'', III: 326-336 (1896) . * "Classification of the pointed-tailed wasps, or the superfamily Proctotrypoidea.-III." ''J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc.'' 11: 86-99 (1903). * "Descriptions of new Hymenoptera from Japan-1." ''J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc.'' 12: 65-84 (1904). ==External links== *[http://siarchives.si.edu/findingaids/FARU7139.htm Smithsonian Archive] {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashmead, William Harris}} [[Category:1855 births]] [[Category:1908 deaths]] [[Category:People from Philadelphia]] [[Category:American entomologists]] [[Category:Hymenopterists]] [[fr:William Harris Ashmead]]