Maynard Jack Ramsay
Deceased Person
1914 – 2005
Who was Maynard Jack Ramsay?
Dr. Maynard Jack "Doc" Ramsay was an American entomologist noted for his efforts to track and eradicate exotic parasites carried in flowers, fruits and other cargoes arriving from overseas. He was listed in American Men of Science and Who's Who in America.
During his 36 years in government service, he often was called upon to provide his beetle expertise to the Smithsonian Institution and entomological organizations in the United States and elsewhere. He once provided entomological advice to writer John Steinbeck and found himself quoted on the subject of killer bees in the opening of Arthur Herzog's best-selling novel "The Swarm".
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- Born
- Nov 22, 1914
- Education
- University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
- Cornell University
- Lived in
- Buffalo
- Died
- Mar 20, 2005
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on July 23, 2013
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