Daniel William Coquillett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Daniel William Coquillett

American entomologist

Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1856

Place of Birth: Woodstock, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 07-Jul-1911

Profession: zoologist, entomologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Daniel William Coquillett (23 January 1856, Pleasant Valley, Ill.
– 7 July 1911 Atlantic City, New Jersey) was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera.
He wrote a revision of the dipterous family Therevidae and many other scientific papers in which he described many new species and genera of Diptera.
Coquillett was also the first to attempt fumigation with hydrocyanic acid as a means for controlling citrus scale insects.
He experimented in the Wolfskill orange groves where he was supported by the foreman and later quarantine entomologist Alexander Craw in 1888-89.