Vasco M. Tanner
| Vasco M. Tanner | |
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| Born |
October 29, 1892, Payson, Utah |
| Died |
April 25, 1989 (aged 96) Provo, Utah |
| Fields | Entomology |
| Institutions | Brigham Young University |
| Alma mater |
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| Doctoral advisor | David Starr Jordan |
Vasco Myron Tanner (b. 29 October 1892, Payson, Utah, d. 25 April 1989, Provo) was an American entomologist from Utah, and professor of zoology at Brigham Young University. He published over 140 scientific articles, mostly focusing on insects but also researching birds, mammals, reptiles and fishes,[1] and founded the journal The Great Basin Naturalist.[2]
Vasco M. Tanner was the older brother of Wilmer Webster Tanner (1909-2011), a herpetologist also at Brigham Young University.[3]
References
- ↑ Hayward, C. Lynn (1970). "Vasco M. Tanner". The Great Basin Naturalist 30 (4): 181–189. JSTOR 41711266.
- ↑ H. Duane Smith and Herbert H. Frost (1991). "Vasco Myron Tanner: 1892-1989". Journal of Mammalogy 72 (2): 430–432. doi:10.2307/1382122. JSTOR 1382122.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, M. and Grayson, M. 2011 The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA
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