Background
Banks, Nathan was born on April 13, 1868 in Roslyn, New York, United States. Son of Daniel Gerow and Maria (Hawxhurst) Banks.
entomologist Zoologist arachnologist
Banks, Nathan was born on April 13, 1868 in Roslyn, New York, United States. Son of Daniel Gerow and Maria (Hawxhurst) Banks.
Bachelor of Science, Cornell, 1889, Master of Science, 1890.
He started work on mites in 1880 with the United States Department of Agriculture. In 1915 he authored the first comprehensive English handbook on mites: A Treatise on the Acarina, Or Mites (Smithsonian Institution, Proceedings Of The United States National Museum, 1905, 114 pages). Banks left the United States Department of Agriculture in 1916 to work at the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) where he did further work on hymenoptera and neuroptera. He authored more than 440 technical works over the years 1890 to 1951.
(One son was named Gilbert, but no other offspring are known by name).
Member various entomological societies, Sigma Xi: fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Mary A. Lu Gar. Children: Ruth.