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John Lawrence LeConte, Papers
Collection — Box: Small Collections 9
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0382
Scope and Contents
Trained as a physician, LeConte made his name in the world thru his collecting
and studying of Coleoptera. He has been referred to as the greatest
Coleopterist of the country and one of the finest systematists. Not only did
he make many collecting expeditions in this country but went to Central
America, to Europe, Egypt and Algeria. He was enlisted in the army medical
corps during the Civil War and later returned to Philadelphia as Assistant
Inspector of the Mint in that city. His extensive...
Dates:
1843-83