Background
Calvert, Philip Powell was born on January 29, 1871 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Graham and Mary S. (Powell) Calvert.
Calvert, Philip Powell was born on January 29, 1871 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Graham and Mary S. (Powell) Calvert.
Graduate Central High School, Philadelphia, 1888. Studied University of Pennsylvania, 1888-1889, 1891-1895, Doctor of Philosophy, 1895. Berlin, 1895-1896, Jena, 1896.
A long term teacher and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, he was President of the American Entomological Society 1900-1915. His 1893 publication Catalogue of the Odonata (dragonflies) of the Vicinity of Philadelphia, with an Introduction to the Study of this Group served as a model for regional insect study and was the first major attempt at a guide to the order. Calvert went on to publish over 300 notes and articles on the Odonata.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Limnological Society of America, American Society Zoologists, American Society Naturalists, Ecological Society America, American Philosophical Society, American Society Trop. Medicine, Sigma Xi. Known as student of the Odonata (Dragonflies).
Married Amelia C. Smith, 1901.