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May 19, 1878 Paradise Valley, Nevada, United States Died on 26 Mar 1963 (aged 84)
American forest entomologist
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About Harry E. Burke
- Harry Eugene Burke (May 19, 1878 – March 26, 1963) was an American entomologist and authority on the Buprestidae (metallic wood-boring beetles) and other wood-boring beetles and forest pests of the western United States.
- He was the first forest entomologist to be hired and assigned to study insects on the west coast, and the first entomology graduate of Washington State University.
- Born in Paradise Valley, Nevada, he earned a B.S.
- in 1902, and M.S.
- in 1908 at Washington Agricultural College and School of Science (now Washington State University).
- He earned a PhD from Stanford University in 1923.
- He published over 60 articles, and co-wrote the textbook Forest Insects with R.
- W.
- Doane, E.
- C.
- Van Dyke, and W.
- J.
- Chamberlin.
