James Fletcher (entomologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

James Fletcher (entomologist)

Canadian entomologist, 1852–1908

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1852

Place of Birth: Rochester, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 08-Nov-1908

Profession: lepidopterist, botanist, entomologist

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About James Fletcher (entomologist)

  • James Fletcher (March 28, 1852 – November 8, 1908) was a Canadian entomologist, botanist and writer. He was born near Rochester, Kent, England, in 1852.
  • He began work as a clerk at the Bank of British North America in London, and was transferred to the Montreal branch in 1874 and the Ottawa branch in 1875.
  • In 1876, he began work as an assistant in the Library of Parliament and discovered an interest in botany and entomology.
  • He was one of the founding members of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club and a president of the Ottawa Horticultural Society.
  • He was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1885. Fletcher established a national reporting system to help identify and control the spread of insects and weeds harmful to agriculture.
  • In 1887, he became the first Dominion Entomologist and Botanist attached to the Central Experimental Farm.
  • He helped set up measures to control the spread of plant diseases and harmful insects from both within and outside Canada.
  • He was a founder of the American Association of Economic Entomologists, now the Entomological Society of America, and a fellow of the Linnean Society of London.
  • Fletcher also initiated the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes (CNC). Besides his contributions to scientific journals and bulletins published by the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, he published with George H.
  • Clark, The Farm Weeds of Canada in 1906. He died in Montreal in 1908. The Fletcher Wildlife Garden at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, was named after him.
  • On February 15, 2016, Fletcher was designated a National Historic Person.
  • A federal historical marker reflecting that status was unveiled on November 9, 2017, at the Experimental Farm.

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