Robert Evans Snodgrass
American entomologist, scientific collector and illustrator
About Robert Evans Snodgrass
Lived 1875 – 1962 (aged 87). Robert Evans Snodgrass was an American entomologist, zoologist, botanical collector, scientific collector, scientific illustrator and biologist.
Robert Evans Snodgrass (July 5, 1875 – September 4, 1962) was an American entomologist and artist who made important contributions to the fields of arthropod morphology, anatomy, evolution, and metamorphosis.
He was the author of 76 scientific articles and six books, including Insects, Their Ways and Means of Living (1930) and the book considered to be his crowning achievement, the Principles of Insect Morphology (1935).
Biography
Snodgrass was born in St. Louis, Missouri on July 5, 1875, to Annie Elizabeth Evans and James Cathcart Snodgrass, where he lived until he was eight years old.
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American entomologist, scientific collector and illustrator (1875-1962)
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Robert Evans Snodgrass was born on 5 July 1875 in St. Louis.
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Robert Evans Snodgrass died on 4 September 1962.
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Robert Evans Snodgrass was an entomologist, zoologist, botanical collector, scientific collector, scientific illustrator and biologist.
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Robert Evans Snodgrass was American.
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