Theodore D. A. Cockerell

Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell
Profile portrait of Cockerell
Cockerell in the 1930s
Born(1866-08-22)22 August 1866
West Norwood, London, England
Died26 January 1948(1948-01-26) (aged 81)[2]
Resting placeColumbia Cemetery, Boulder, Colorado, US
CitizenshipUnited States
UK
Alma materMiddlesex Hospital Medical School
SpousesAnnie Fenn Cockerell, Wilmatte Porter Cockerell
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology, systematic biology
InstitutionsNew Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station, New Mexico Normal University, University of Colorado, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
Notable studentsCharlotte 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.

  1. ^ Cockerell, T. D. A. (July 1897) "Contributions to Coccidology.-II." The American Naturalist. Vol. 31, No. 367, pp. 588-592
  2. ^ Gardner, Sue Ann, "Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell". Retrieved 5 November 2017.