About Oscar Ling Cartwright
Lived 1900 – 1983 (aged 82). Oscar Ling Cartwright was an American zoologist, entomologist, botanical collector and scientific collector.
Oscar Ling Cartwright (April 12, 1900 – March 21, 1983) was an American entomologist who specialized in scarab beetles. He was Associate Curator of Entomology and the head of the Division of Coleoptera at the Smithsonian Institution 1948-1963. He is commemorated in the scarab genus Cartwrightia as well as 16 insect species.
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American entomologist (1900 - 1983)
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Oscar Ling Cartwright was born on 12 April 1900.
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Oscar Ling Cartwright died on 21 March 1983.
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Oscar Ling Cartwright was a zoologist, entomologist, botanical collector and scientific collector.
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Oscar Ling Cartwright was American.
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