Charles Howard Curran, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Howard Curran

Canadian entomologist

Date of Birth: 20-Mar-1894

Place of Birth: Orillia, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 23-Jan-1972

Profession: curator, entomologist, dipterologist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Charles Howard Curran (20 March 1894 – 23 January 1972) was a Canadian entomologist who specialised in Diptera. From 1922 to 1928 he worked as a specialist service in Diptera Entomology of Canada.
In 1928, he was hired by the American Museum of Natural History as Assistant Curator and, from 1947 until his retirement in 1960, as Curator of Insects and Spiders.
In 1931, he donated his collection to that institution: it has 10,000 specimens representing about 1,700 species including 400 types.
He received in 1933 a Doctorate of Science at the University of Montreal with a thesis entitled The Families and Genera of North American Diptera.
He was vice-president of the New York Entomological Society in 1936, president the following year.