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Subject: [IOWA] 1903 Bio of Herbert Osborne
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 07:17:26 EDT

HERBERT OSBORNE was born at La Fayette, Walworth County, Wisconsin, on the
19th of March, 1856. In June, 1863, the family removed to Fairfax, Iowa, where
Herbert attended the district school. He entered the State Agricultural
College and graduated; then taught in the country schools from 1875 to 1878. In
1879 he was appointed assistant Professor of Zoology and Entomology at the
Agricultural College and was soon promoted to a full professorship and retained the
position until 1898. He was the entomologist during this period for the
Experimental Station and attained high rank among the entomologists of the nation.
Professor Osborne was a frequent contributor to the scientific journals of
the country and was the special agent of the Division of Entomology in the
Department of Agriculture at Washington. He prepared numerous bulletins on
injurious insects for the Department-one on the Hessian fly and others on insects
affecting domestic animals-all of which were published in the Department
Reports. While Professor at Ames, Mr. Osborne was given leave of absence for a year
to accept an appointment to a table in the Biological Station at Naples. He
assisted in drafting the bill which became a law providing for a State
Entomologist in Iowa and organized the work in that department. He was one of the
organizers and always an active member of the Iowa Academy of Sciences and its
secretary and treasurer from 1891 to 1898 when he received the appointment of
Professor of Entomology in the State University of Ohio and greatly to the
regret of the people of Iowa, accepted the position and removed from the State to
which he had for many years given valuable service. Long before leaving Iowa
Professor Osborne had won a national reputation in the line of his work and was
a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a
member of the Biological Society of Washington, D. C.



Debbie Clough Gerischer
Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County
http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/
IAGENWEB: Special History Project:
http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm
Gerischer Family Web Site:
http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/

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