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Stuart W. Frost

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From an early age, Frost was interested in natural history, spending much of his free time exploring the New York scenery around him. He would fastidiously record his observations of the flora and fauna he encountered, occasionally bringing different species home for experimentation. At this time he
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In 1937, Frost received a professorship at Penn State University's University Park campus, researching and developing light traps for insects. He subsequently began to organize a collection of insects within the Department of Zoology-Entomology with the hope of eventually creating an insect museum.
170:'s lab at Cornell. In his lifetime, Frost published over 200 papers and 4 books and proposed names for 46 species of Diptera. Over his four decades of affiliation with Penn State University, he added thousands of specimens to the entomological research collection. 205:, studying fruit tree pests. In 1923, he returned to Cornell for his graduate studies for another year, receiving his Ph.D. in 1925 with the thesis "A Study of Leafmining Diptera of North America" before moving back to the research station for 12 more years. 181:
He began his undergraduate studies at Cornell University in 1911, receiving a laboratory assistantship in entomology. Frost assisted with a variety of classes with Professor Glenn W. Herrick, Dr. J.C. Bradley, and Dr.
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Following his retirement from Penn State University, Frost moved to Florida and utilized his light traps to collect over 400,000 specimens at the
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Frost then took a position at the Pennsylvania State College (now University) as an entomologist at the agricultural research station in
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In 1957, Frost retired as Professor Emeritus of Entomology and prepared Dr. K. C. Kim for succeeding him as curator of the museum.
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in New York, learning the different techniques of insect preservation.
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until 1971. He then returned to Penn State to volunteer at the
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Kim, K.C. (15 June 1980). "A tribute to Dr. Stuart W. Frost".
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Frost, S.W. (1979). "Autobiography of an Entomologist".
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Stuart W. Frost standing with one of his light traps
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A Study of the Leaf-mining Diptera of North America
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Tarrytown, New York
Cornell University
Entomology
Cornell University
entomology
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania
Tarrytown, New York
Cornell University
flies
Diptera
Frost Entomological Museum
New York
John Henry Comstock
American Museum of Natural History
Robert Matheson
World War I

Arendtsville, Pennsylvania
Archbold Biological Station
Frost Entomological Museum
"Stuart W. Frost: List of publications (1957-80), new names proposed, and species named in his honor"
doi
10.1093/besa/26.2.138
Works by or about Stuart W. Frost
Internet Archive
S.W. Frost Biography
Categories
Cornell University alumni

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