Alpheus Spring Packard

Alpheus Spring Packard

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field = Entomology
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Alpheus Spring Packard, LL.D. (February 19, 1839February 14, 1905) was an American entomologist and palaeontologist. He was the son of Alpheus Spring Packard, Sr. (1798-1884) and the brother of William Alfred Packard. He was born in Brunswick, Maine and was Professor of Zoology and Geology at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island from 1878 until his death. He was a vocal proponent of the Neo-Lamarckian theory of evolution.

His chief work was the classification and anatomy of arthropods, and contributions to economic entomology, zoogeography, and the phylogeny and metamorphoses of insects. He wrote school textbooks, such as "Zoölogy for High Schools and Colleges" (eleventh edition, 1904). His "Monograph of the Bombycine Moths of North America" was published in three parts (1895, 1905, 1915, edited by T. D. A. Cockerell).

Writings by A. S. Packard

* "Guide to the Study of Insects" (1869; third edition, 1872)
* "The Mammoth Cave and its Inhabitants" (1872), with F. W. Putnam
* "Life-History of Animals" (1876)
* "A Naturalist on the Labrador Coast" (1891)
* "Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution: His Life and Work" (1901), French translation, 1903.

External links

*gutenberg|20556|Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution: His Life and Work
*worldcat id|id=lccn-n79-134030
* [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ Gallica] Two works by Packard
* [http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/Databases/Encyclopedia/search.php?serial=P0010 Brunoniana] Biography

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