Frederick Ernst Melsheimer
{{short description|American entomologist}}
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| birth_date = 1782
| birth_place = Hanover, Pennsylvania
| death_date = 10 March 1873
| death_place = Davidsburg, York County, Pennsylvania
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| citizenship = United States
| nationality = American
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| field = Entomology
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| alma_mater = University of Maryland
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| known_for = Coleoptera
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Frederick Ernst Melsheimer, M.D. (1782–1873; first name also spelled Friedrich) was an American entomologist noted for his work on Coleoptera. He was President of the American Entomological Society in 1853. Frederick Ernest Melsheimer's most important work was Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of the United States (1853). His co-authors on that work were John LeConte and S.S. Haldeman. His father, Frederick Valentine Melsheimer (1749–1814) was also an entomologist, as was his elder brother, John Frederick Melsheimer (1780–1829).
References
- {{cite book |title=A Dictionary of Entomology |last=Headrick |first=David |author2=George Gordh |year=2003 |publisher=CABI Publishing |location= Wallingford, United Kingdom |isbn=978-0-85199-655-4 |page=566 }}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/1812 |title=Melsheimer, Friedrich Ernst (Biodiversity Heritage Library) |accessdate=13 June 2010}}
- {{citation |author=H. A. Hagen |contribution=The Melsheimer Family and the Melsheimer Collection |title=The Canadian Entomologist |publisher=Entomological Society of Canada |year=1883 |pages=191–197 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tWk4AAAAMAAJ}}
- {{cite book |title=Frederick Valentine Melsheimer, a pioneer entomologist, and a noted clergyman and author |last=Prowell |first=George |year=1903 |publisher=Historical Society of York County, Pennsylvania |location= York County, Pennsylvania |pages=1–26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F7oaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA15|accessdate=13 June 2010}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.library.millersville.edu/sc/manuscripts/manus/manus110.htm |title=Melsheimer, Frederick Ernest (manuscript notes) |accessdate=14 June 2010}}
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Category:American entomologists
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