Philip Powell Calvert

{{Short description|American entomologist (1871–1961)}}

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Philip Powell Calvert (January 29, 1871, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[https://archive.org/details/whoswho141926/page/405/mode/2up CALVERT. Philip Powell], in Who's Who in America (1926 edition); p. 405 – August 23, 1961) was an American entomologist, recognised as a leading authority on the Odonata (dragonfly order).

A long-term teacher and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, he was President of the American Entomological Society 1900-15. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1918.{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Philip+P.+Calvert&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}} His 1893 publication Catalogue of the Odonata (dragonflies) of the Vicinity of Philadelphia, with an Introduction to the Study of this Group served as a model for regional insect study and was the first major attempt at a guide to the order. Calvert went on to publish over 300 notes and articles on the Odonata. He was married to botanist Amelia Smith Calvert.