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Darlington, Philip Jackson, 1904-1983

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: Born: November 14, 1904; Died: December 16, 1983 - 1983-12-16

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of Philip Jackson Darlington, Jr.

Collection Identifier: HUGFP 75.xx
Overview: Philip Jackson Darlington, Jr. (1904-1983), entomologist, zoology professor, and museum curator, worked at Harvard University from 1932 until his retirement in 1971. He was the Museum of Comparative Zoology’s Assistant Curator of Insects from 1932 to 1940, the Henry Clinton Fall Curator of Coleoptera from 1940 to 1952, and Curator of Insects from 1951 until his retirement in 1971. From 1962 to 1971, he was also Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology. Darlington's papers document his...

Philip Jackson Darlington, Jr. Papers

Collection Identifier: MCZ-ARC-313
Scope and Contents: This collection contains papers related to Philip Jackson Darlington, Jr.'s work at the United Fruit Company in Columbia between 1928 and 1929, including other related documents that were authored by other entomologists or scientists in ca. 1926-1931. Other papers in this collection document Darlington's research- and/or military-related trips, with a date range between the 1930s and the 1970s, to the Carribean Islands, Australia (such as the Harvard Australian Expedition,...