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Charles Duncan Michener
American entomologist (1918ā2015) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Duncan Michener (September 22, 1918 ā November 1, 2015) was an American entomologist.[1] He was born in Pasadena, California. He was a leading expert on bees, his magnum opus being The Bees of the World.[2]
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Charles Duncan Michener | |
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![]() Charles D. Michener at home, 2015 | |
Born | (1918-09-22)September 22, 1918 |
Died | November 1, 2015(2015-11-01) (aged 97) Lawrence, Kansas, U.S. |
Nationality | ![]() |
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
Scientific career | |
Fields | entomology |
Institutions | University of Kansas |
Thesis | Comparative External Morphology, Phylogeny, and a Classification of the Bees (1942) |
Doctoral advisor | Edward Oliver Essig |
Doctoral students | Paul R. Ehrlich |
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