Charles W. Leng, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles W. Leng

American scientist

Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1859

Place of Birth: Staten Island, New York, United States

Date of Death: 24-Jan-1941

Profession: historian, zoologist, entomologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Charles William Leng (1859–1941) was an American naturalist and historian associated with Staten Island, New York, where he was the borough historian from 1923 until the 1930s. Leng was an internationally known entomologist who co-founded the Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences with William T.
Davis.
He served as director from 1919 until his death on January 24, 1941. He is best known for his 1920 work on the beetles of the United States of America.
Leng was co-author with Davis of Staten Island and its People, a comprehensive five-volume history of the island from 1609 to 1929. There is school named after Charles W.
Leng (Public School 54) in the Willowbrook section of Staten Island.