Frederick Valentine Melsheimer
The Reverend Frederick Valentine Melsheimer (September 25, 1749, Negenborn, Brunswick – June 30, 1814, Hanover, Pennsylvania) was a Lutheran clergyman and early American entomologist, called the "Father of American Entomology" by successor Thomas Say. He was the author of the first major entomological work in the United States: A Catalogue of Insects of Pennsylvania (1806), a sixty-page work that describes 1,363 species of beetles.
Frederick Valentine Melsheimer | |
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| Born | September 25, 1749 Negenborn, Brunswick |
| Died | June 30, 1814 (aged 64) Hanover, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | German |
| Citizenship | American |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Entomology |
| Institutions | Religious minister |
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