About Carl Heinrich
Lived 1880 – 1955 (aged 74–75). Carl Heinrich was an American zoologist and lepidopterist.
Wilhelm Carl Paul Gottlieb Heinrich (7 April 1880 in Newark, New York – 31 May 1955 in Washington, D.C.) was an American entomologist.
Life He studied Greek and drama at the University of Chicago, he moved to Washington D.C., in 1902, where he worked in business. In 1908, he went to New York to study music. Heinrich moved back to Washington and in 1913 joined the United States Department of Agriculture. He initially worked on applied entomology but later switched to specialize in the study of Lepidoptera.
He was editor of the Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington from 1924 to 1926.
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American entomologist
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Carl Heinrich was born in 1880.
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Carl Heinrich died in 1955.
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Carl Heinrich was a zoologist and lepidopterist.
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Carl Heinrich was American.
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