Harry E. Burke
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{{Short description|American forest entomologist (1878–1963)}} |
{{Short description|American forest entomologist (1878–1963)}} |
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[[File:1906. Forest entomologist Harry Eugene Burke, after a field season in the Yosemite country. Palo Alto, California. (37317666981).jpg|thumb|Burke in 1906]] |
[[File:1906. Forest entomologist Harry Eugene Burke, after a field season in the Yosemite country. Palo Alto, California. (37317666981).jpg|thumb|Burke in 1906]] |
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'''Harry Eugene Burke''' (May 19, 1878 – March 26, 1963) was an American [[entomology|entomologist]] and authority on the [[Buprestidae]] (metallic wood-boring beetles) and other [[wood-boring beetle]]s and forest pests of the western United States. He was the first forest entomologist to be hired and assigned to study insects on the west coast, and the first entomology graduate of |
'''Harry Eugene Burke''' (May 19, 1878 – March 26, 1963) was an American [[entomology|entomologist]] and authority on the [[Buprestidae]] (metallic wood-boring beetles) and other [[wood-boring beetle]]s and forest pests of the western United States. He was the first forest entomologist to be hired and assigned to study insects on the west coast, and the first entomology graduate of Washington State University. |
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Burke was born in [[Paradise Valley, Nevada]] on May 19, 1878. Shortly after his birth, a raid by Paiute Indians compelled his parents to move to California. In 1881, his family moved to the state of Washington. He earned a B.S. in 1902, and M.S. in 1908 at Washington Agricultural College and School of Science (now Washington State University). He earned a PhD from Stanford University in 1923. |
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In 1902, Burke joined the USDA Bureau of Entomology where he began as an assistant to forest entomologist, [[Andrew Delmar Hopkins|A. D. Hopkins]]. During his 30-year career with the federal government he focused his work on injurious forest insects including the [[tussock moth]], [[Dendroctonus brevicomis|Western pine beetle]], Pacific flatheaded beetle, and many others. He was also a specialist on shade-tree insects and for many years worked on insect issues in the national parks of the American West.{{sfn |Mallis |1971}} |
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Burke retired in 1934 and settled in Los Gatos, California. In retirement, he continued to advise on insect problems in the national parks. He also wrote magazine articles on shade-tree insects. Burke died on March 26, 1963.{{sfn |Mallis |1971}} |
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He published over 60 articles, and co-wrote the textbook "'''Forest Insects'''" with [[Rennie Wilbur Doane|R. W. Doane]], [[Edwin Cooper Van Dyke|E. C. Van Dyke]], and [[Willard Joseph Chamberlin|W. J. Chamberlin]].{{cite journal|last1=Eaton|first1=C. B.|last2=Keen|first2=F. P.|title=Harry E. Burke 1878-1963|journal=Journal of Economic Entomology|date=1964|volume=57|issue=4|pages=613–615|doi=10.1093/jee/57.4.613}}{{cite book|last=Wickman|first= Boyd E.|year=2005|title= Harry E. Burke and John M. Miller, pioneers in Western forest entomology|series= General Technical Report PNW-GTR-638|location=Portland, OR|publisher= U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station|url=https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-GTR-638}} |
He published over 60 articles, and co-wrote the textbook "'''Forest Insects'''" with [[Rennie Wilbur Doane|R. W. Doane]], [[Edwin Cooper Van Dyke|E. C. Van Dyke]], and [[Willard Joseph Chamberlin|W. J. Chamberlin]].{{cite journal|last1=Eaton|first1=C. B.|last2=Keen|first2=F. P.|title=Harry E. Burke 1878-1963|journal=Journal of Economic Entomology|date=1964|volume=57|issue=4|pages=613–615|doi=10.1093/jee/57.4.613}}{{cite book|last=Wickman|first= Boyd E.|year=2005|title= Harry E. Burke and John M. Miller, pioneers in Western forest entomology|series= General Technical Report PNW-GTR-638|location=Portland, OR|publisher= U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station|url=https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-GTR-638}} |
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==References== |
==References== |
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