Philip Powell Calvert

Philip Powell Calvert (* January 29, 1871; † August 23, 1961 ) was an American entomologist who has made ​​a name in particular in the order Odonata. He was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and president of the American Entomological society of 1900 until 1915. His publication Catalogue of the Odonata ( dragonflies ) of the Vicinity of Philadelphia, with served on Introduction to the Study of this Group in 1893 as a model regional insect research and was one of the first attempts to create an overview of the order. Furthermore -actuated Calvert still more than 300 publications in this area.