People
In 1860,
at the beginning of the University of Maryland, the renowned
entomologist, Townsend
Glover, became one of the first five faculty members. His
title was listed as “Entomologist for the United States,
Professor of Natural History, Botany and Pomology.”
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As the department formed in
1897-1898, research and regulatory applications were directed
at pests such as the San Jose scale, including the publication
entitled, “A plain talk with those who have San Jose
scale to combat.” Entomologists at the University
of Maryland continue to provide research, teaching, and
extension on applied aspects of entomology, but our interests
have expanded to include fundamental issues of arthropod
biology from the molecular to the ecosystem level.
Personnel in the Department are primarily
located in the Plant Sciences Building on the College Park
campus, but research, teaching, and extension activities
take us to a number of locations throughout the state.
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