Nathan Banks

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Nathan Banks
Nathan Banks circa 1915
Born	13 April 1868 Roslyn, New York
Died	24 January 1953 Holliston, Massachusetts
Citizenship	United States
Nationality	United States
Fields	Entomology
Institutions	United States Department of Agriculture, Museum of Comparative Zoology
Alma mater	Cornell University
Doctoral advisor	John Henry Comstock (M.S. advisor)
Author abbreviation (zoology)	Banks

Nathan Banks (1868 - 1953) was an American entomologist noted for his work on neuroptera, megaloptera, hymenoptera, and acarina (mites). He started work on mites in 1880 with the USDA. In 1915 he authored the first comprehensive English handbook on mites: A Treatise on the Acarina, Or Mites (Smithsonian Institution, Proceedings Of The United States National Museum, 1905, 114 pages). Banks left the USDA in 1916 to work at the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) where he did further work on hymenoptera and neuroptera. He authored more than 440 technical works over the years 1890 to 1951. He was married to Mary A. Lu Gar and they had eight children. (One son was named Gilbert, but no other offspring are known by name.)

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Carpenter, F. M. & P. J. Darlington, Jr. 1954. Nathan Banks, A biographic sketch and list of publications. Psyche, vol. 61, pp. 81-110. PDF linked here
US National Mite Collection History--accessed 25 April 2007
Nathan BANKS - papers on Opiliones--accessed 25 April 2007
New England Naturalists: A Bio-Bibliography--lists obituaries in professional journals--accessed 25 April 2007
Checklist and Bibliography of the Megaloptera and Neuroptera of Florida--representative publications by Banks on neuroptera and megaloptera--accessed 25 April 2007
MCZ Entomology Department--discusses work on hymenoptera--accessed 25 April 2007