Manuscript notes from my journal, or, Entomological index, to names, &c. in agricultural reports, with list of vegetable and animal substances injured or destroyed by insects, &c
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Manuscript notes from my journal or Illustrations of insects, native and foreign. Diptera or two-winged flies This book, "Diptera", by Townend Glover, is a replication of a book originally published before 1874. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.
Illustrations of North American Entomology (United States and Canada,)
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Townend Glover was an American entomologist, and the first such to hold an official position under the United States government. Glover was appointed to the Bureau of Agriculture of the United States Patent Office. He wrote the bulk of the articles concerning insects published in the Annual Reports, and, aside from museum duties, occupied himself in the preparation of a great illustrated work on the insects of the United States.
Background
Townend Glover was born on February 20, 1813. His paternal grandfather was Samuel Glover, a merchant of Leeds, England, and his mother was Mary Townend of Learning Lane, Yorkshire.
His father, Henry Glover, was in business at Rio de Janeiro at the time of Townend’s birth. His mother died when he was six weeks old, and he was sent to relatives in England. Six years later, his father died while still abroad.
Education
Townend was educated in England by his relatives, who wished him to study for the ministry or to go into commercial life. He was fond of nature, however, was a natural draftsman, and preferred a different career from either of those suggested by his relatives.
When he was twenty-one, therefore, on coming into his father’s fortune, he went to Germany to study art under Mattenheimer, the Inspector of the Munich Art Gallery.
Career
Glover became rather proficient, preferring still life in oil, but later made rather remarkable water-colors of flowers and insects. After two years in Germany, he returned to England and established a studio.
In 1836, he came to America and remained in this country for the rest of his life. He traveled extensively for a time, finally settling at New Rochelle, New York.
He was especially fond of orchard work, learned to model fruits, and made a large collection of such models, which he exhibited at different fairs.
In the winter of 1853-54, he took his collection to Washington, as a result of which visit he received an appointment in the Bureau of Agriculture of the Patent Office to collect “statistics and other information on seeds, fruits, and insects. ”
He traveled extensively in the South and made many important observations on insects. With the exception of an interval of two years and a half, when he went to the Agricultural College of Maryland to teach entomology, he remained with the government agricultural service until 1878.
His health failed in 1878, and he was succeeded in office by C. V. Riley.
After a few months, Glover retired to Baltimore where, until his death, he lived with his adopted daughter, Mrs. Hopper. His plates were bought by the government just before he died, and are in the possession of the Smithsonian Institution.
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Personality
Glover was an eccentric man, and although he made very many interesting observations his reports were printed badly and at present are seldom consulted, although many early important statements of fact are to be found in them.
Connections
In September 1840, Glover married Sarah T. Byrnes.