About George F. Edmunds, Jr.
Lived 1920 – 2006 (aged 85–86). George F. Edmunds, Jr. was an entomologist.
George F. Edmunds Jr. (April 28, 1920–March 4, 2006) was an American entomologist specialising in mayflies. He has been called "the greatest of living North American researchers on Ephemeroptera",
Edmunds, with Traver, reworked the taxonomy of the Ephemeroptera, starting in 1954. In 1979, with W. P. McCafferty, he proposed a new "higher classification" of the group, with two suborders, Pannota and Schistonota.
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Who was George F. Edmunds, Jr.?
American entomologist
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George F. Edmunds, Jr. was born in 1920.
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George F. Edmunds, Jr. died in 2006.
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George F. Edmunds, Jr. was an entomologist.
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