Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell | |
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 Cockerell in the 1930s | |
| Born | 22 August 1866 West Norwood, London, England |
| Died | 26 January 1948 (aged 81)[2] |
| Resting place | Columbia Cemetery, Boulder, Colorado, US |
| Citizenship | United States UK |
| Alma mater | Middlesex Hospital Medical School |
| Spouses | Annie Fenn Cockerell, Wilmatte Porter Cockerell |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Entomology, systematic biology |
| Institutions | New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station, New Mexico Normal University, University of Colorado, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History |
| Notable students | Charlotte Cortlandt Ellis |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Cockerell |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Ckll.[1] |
Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (22 August 1866 – 26 January 1948) was an American entomologist and systematic biologist who published nearly 4,000 papers, some of them only a few lines long. Cockerell's speciality was the insect order Hymenoptera (bees and wasps), an area of study where he described specimens from the United States, the West Indies, Honduras, the Philippines, Africa, and Asia. Cockerell named at least 5,500 species and varieties of bees and almost 150 genera and subgenera, representing over a quarter of all species of bees known during his lifetime. In addition to his extensive studies of bees, he published papers on scale insects, slugs, moths, fish scales, fungi, roses and other flowers, mollusks, and a wide variety of other plants and animals.
- ^ Cockerell, T. D. A. (July 1897) "Contributions to Coccidology.-II." The American Naturalist. Vol. 31, No. 367, pp. 588-592
- ^ Gardner, Sue Ann, "Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell". Retrieved 5 November 2017.