242 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY [Vol. 14 



Obituary 



PROFESSOR CHARLES HENRY FERNALD 



On February 22, Professor Charles Henry Fernald passed away at 

 his home in Amherst, Mass. 



He was bom March 16, 1838, at Mount Desert, Maine. As a boy he 

 assisted his father on the farm and when 15 years of age, went to sea, 

 spending six years on vessels engaged in the West Indian and Coasting 

 trade. 



He then entered Maine Wesleyan Seminary to prepare for college, 

 but at the opening of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Navy, where he 

 served for three years, retiring with the rank of ensign. 



His desire for an education led him to continue his studies while in the 

 Navy and during a large part of the period, while the naval vessels were 

 on blockade duty, he pursued, alone and without assistance, the studies 

 which would have been assigned to him had he remained in school. 

 This work was so thoroughly done that he was able at the close of his 

 service, to pass the required examination in Bowdoin College, which 

 conferred upon him the degree of M.A. 



For one year he was principal of the Academy at Litchfield, Maine, 

 and for five 3^ears at Houlton, Maine. 



In 1871, he became the first professor of natural history at Maine 

 State College, now University of Maine. During this period, he also 

 studied in the Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge, Mass., 

 and under Louis Agassiz on Penikese Island. He also traveled exten- 

 sively in Europe, studying insects in the various museimis. 



After a serv^ice of 15 years, he resigned to accept the position of 

 Professor of Zoology and Entomology at the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College, from which he retired in 1910. 



He was entomologist to the Massachusetts Experiment Station from 

 1887 to 1910, also to the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture. 

 He was acting president of the college in 1891, and later was the leader 

 in establishing a graduate school in that institution. In 1908 he became 

 director of the graduate school and on retiring from active service, was 

 made honorary director. 



Professor Fernald was married in August 1863 to Maria E. Smith, 

 of Monmouth, Me., who later became well known for her work in 

 entomology, particularly on account of the publication of the list of the 

 Coccidae of the world. vShe was a very thorough student of entomol- 

 ogy, was familiar with much of the literature on that subject, and 

 gave unstintedly of her time and effort to assist Professor Fernald in 

 building up a Department of Entomology in the college. She died in 

 October 1919. 



