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Osborn (HERBERT an American biologist)

HERBERT, an American biologist, born at Lafayette, Wis., in 1856. He graduated from Iowa State College in 1879. He served as professor of zoölogy at that institution from 1885 OSBORN to 1898. In the latter year he was appointed state entomologist of Iowa. He was director of the Lake Laboratory of Ohio University in 1898 and was director of Ohio Biological Survey in 1912. He was a member of many important American and foreign professional societies. He wrote much on entomology. His most important works are "Economic Zoölogy" (1908) "Economic Entomology (1916). He also contributed many articles to professional journals.