JOSEPH ALBERT LINTNER 



In the sudden death of this prominent entomologist at Rome, Italy, 

 on May 5, 1898, the scientific world sustained a great loss. Joseph 

 Albert Lintner, Ph. D., was born in Schoharie, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1822, of 

 German parentage. He attended Jefferson academy and was graduated 

 from the Schoharie academy in 1837. For 10 years he was in business' 

 in New York city, and at the same time continued his studies under the 

 Mercantile library association, also contributing scientific articles to the 

 New York tribune. Returning to Schoharie in 1848, he engaged anew 

 in business till i860, when he removed to Utica and there manufactured 

 woolen goods for some years. His scientific studies were continued un- 

 remittingly. His large collection of insects was begun in 1853 and in 

 1862 his first article on entomology was published. In 1868 he became 

 zoological assistant in the state museum, and was put in charge of 

 the entomologic work in 1874. He was appointed state entomologist by 

 Governor Cornell in 1880, a positiion held till his death, and in 1883 was 

 made by the regents a member of the scientific staff of the state museum. 



This long and faithful service in his chosen field made him a valued 

 and respected leader among economic entomologists. The last 36 years 

 of his life were devoted almost entirely to entomology, and he wrote 

 during that time over 900 independent articles, besides his 13 reports 

 and the four numbers oi E7itomological contributions. In 1871 he began 

 to contribute articles on economic entomology to the Cultivator and 

 country gentleman, a leading agricultural paper now known as the 

 Country gentleman, and sva.% its entomological editor during the last 25 

 years. He has also written many notices for a number of other agricultural 

 and horticultural papers. Although his publications were numerous and 

 varied, it was their writer's ambition to make his communications of 

 practical value to all. It was his delight to include something new or 

 of more than ordinary interest in every notice of an insect. For the past 

 18 years he was widely known as a most earnest and conscientious state 

 entomologist. His reports, replete with valuable and practical informa- 

 tion, are enduring monuments to their author. In simplicity of language, 

 dignity of expression, conciseness and thoroughness of treatment, they 

 are models. 



The high appreciation won from his colaborers is strikingly shown in 

 the following extract" from an address delivered in 1894 before the Asso- 

 ciation of economic entomologists by the president, Dr L. O. Howard, 



a Insect life. 1894. 7 : 6 



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