Background
Blatchley, Willis Stanley was born on October 6, 1859 in N. Madison, Connecticut, United States. Son of Hiram S. and Sarah J. Blatchley.
Blatchley, Willis Stanley was born on October 6, 1859 in N. Madison, Connecticut, United States. Son of Hiram S. and Sarah J. Blatchley.
Bachelor of Arts, Indiana University, 1887. Master of Arts, 1891, Doctor of Laws, 1921.
Member Scoville’s scientific expedition to Old Mexico, 1891. Assistant on United States Fish Commission, 1893. Was state geologist of Indiana, 1894-1911.
Author: Gleanings from Nature, 1899.
A Nature Wooing, 1902. Orthoptera of Indiana, 1903.
Boulder Reveries, 1906. Coleoptera of Indiana, 1910.
Woodland Idyls, 1912.
The Indiana Weed Book, 1912. Rhynchophora or Weevils of Northeastern America (with Charles West. Leng), 1916. Orthoptera of Northeastern America, 1920.
Heteroptera of Eastern North America, 1926.
My Nature Nook, 1931. In Days Agone—Notes on the Fauna and Flora of Subtropical Florida When most of Its Area Was a Primeval Wilderness, 1932.
South America as I Saw Lieutenant 1934. The Fishes of Indiana, 1938.
Editor and part author Volumes XXXXXV, Annual Repts.
Department Geology and Natural Resources of Indiana Home: Indianapolis, Indiana.
Member Scoville’s scientific expedition to Old Mexico, 1891.
Married Clara A. Fordice, May 2, 1882. Children: Raymond South., Ralph F. Assistant Arkansas Geological Survey, 1889-1890.