History of Canton, (Fulton County) Illinois United States of America

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A Short Biography of William Stebbins Barnard

William Stebbins Barnard, entomologist, was born at Canton, Ill., Feb. 28, 1849. He was educated at Canton high school and University of Michigan, and graduated at Cornell university (B S.) in 1871, and at the University of Jena (Ph.D.) in 1873; also studying at the University of Leipsic. In 1871 he accompanied Agassiz to Brazil as assistant geologist. In 1874 he was teacher and lecturer on protozoa at Cornell university, and at Anderson summer school, Penikese Island. He was professor of natural science in the Mississippi agricultural college, 1874-'75; lecturer on zo?logy in the Illinois state summer school, 1875; professor of natural science at the Wisconsin state normal school, 1876-'77; at Oskaloosa college, 1877-'78; zo?logist of the Woodruff scientific expedition, 1878; assistant professor of entomology, and lecturer on the zo?logy of invertebrates at Cornell university, 1879-'81; assistant in the entomological division United States department of agriculture, 1881-'86, and professor of natural history, Drake university, 1886-'87. He was the author of a "Catalogue of the Invertebrates "(1876), and a contributor to the American Quarterly Microscopical Journal, and the American Naturalist. He died Nov. 13, 1888.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor