Charles Lee Remington
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Charles Lee Remington an entomologist known for studies of butterflies and moths
, was a Yale University
professor, and is considered the father of modern lepidoptery. He established a Periodical Cicada preserve]] in Hamden, Connecticut
. He developed the insect collection at the Peabody Museum of Natural History.
, on January 19, 1922. His family then moved to St. Louis, Missouri
. He grew up collecting butterflies with his father. He did his undergraduate studies at Principia College
, where he received a B.S. in 1943. During his military service in World War II
, he served as a medical entomologist, throughout the Pacific, researching insect-borne diseases and centipede
bites in the Philippines
.
After the war, Remington studied for his doctorate at Harvard. He founded the Lepidopterists' Society with Harry Clench. Remington also started a friendship with Vladimir Nabokov
who was a keen amateur butterfly collector.
He started teaching at Yale University
in 1948. He proposed that there were geographic regions which he called suture zones where species tended to hybridize with close relatives.
With Richard Bowers
and Paul R. Ehrlich
he founded Zero Population Growth
. He served on the board of advisors of the Carrying Capacity Networkhttp://www.carryingcapacity.org, which supports immigration reduction
.
He died on May 31, 2007, at age 85, in Hamden, Connecticut
.
Moths
Moths may refer to:* Gustav Moths , German rower* The Moths!, an English indie rock band* MOTHS, members of the Memorable Order of Tin Hats...
, was a Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
professor, and is considered the father of modern lepidoptery. He established a Periodical Cicada preserve]] in Hamden, Connecticut
Hamden, Connecticut
Hamden is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town's nickname is "The Land of the Sleeping Giant." Hamden is home to Quinnipiac University. The population was 58,180 according to the Census Bureau's 2005 estimates...
. He developed the insect collection at the Peabody Museum of Natural History.
Biography
He was born to Pardon Sheldon and Maud Remington in Reedville, VirginiaReedville, Virginia
Reedville is an unincorporated town in Northumberland County in the Northern Neck region of the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located at the eastern terminus of U.S...
, on January 19, 1922. His family then moved to St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
. He grew up collecting butterflies with his father. He did his undergraduate studies at Principia College
Principia College
Principia College is a four-year private co-educational liberal arts college in Elsah, Illinois. The campus sits on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River between Alton and Grafton, located about thirty miles north of St. Louis. In 1934, Principia College graduated its first class as a full...
, where he received a B.S. in 1943. During his military service in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, he served as a medical entomologist, throughout the Pacific, researching insect-borne diseases and centipede
Centipede
Centipedes are arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda of the subphylum Myriapoda. They are elongated metameric animals with one pair of legs per body segment. Despite the name, centipedes can have a varying number of legs from under 20 to over 300. Centipedes have an odd number of pairs of...
bites in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
.
After the war, Remington studied for his doctorate at Harvard. He founded the Lepidopterists' Society with Harry Clench. Remington also started a friendship with Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a multilingual Russian novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist...
who was a keen amateur butterfly collector.
He started teaching at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
in 1948. He proposed that there were geographic regions which he called suture zones where species tended to hybridize with close relatives.
With Richard Bowers
Richard Bowers
Richard Brian Bowers is an English cricketer. Bowers is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Redhill, Surrey....
and Paul R. Ehrlich
Paul R. Ehrlich
Paul Ralph Ehrlich is an American biologist and educator who is the Bing Professor of Population Studies in the department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University and president of Stanford's Center for Conservation Biology. By training he is an entomologist specializing in Lepidoptera , but...
he founded Zero Population Growth
Zero population growth
Zero population growth, sometimes abbreviated ZPG , is a condition of demographic balance where the number of people in a specified population neither grows nor declines, considered as a social aim....
. He served on the board of advisors of the Carrying Capacity Networkhttp://www.carryingcapacity.org, which supports immigration reduction
Immigration reduction
Immigration reduction refers to a movement in the United States that advocates a reduction in the amount of immigration allowed into the country. Steps advocated for reducing the numbers of immigrants include advocating stronger action to prevent illegal entry and illegal immigration, and...
.
He died on May 31, 2007, at age 85, in Hamden, Connecticut
Hamden, Connecticut
Hamden is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town's nickname is "The Land of the Sleeping Giant." Hamden is home to Quinnipiac University. The population was 58,180 according to the Census Bureau's 2005 estimates...
.