The United States appoints its first entomologist

Townsend Glover is appointed as the first federal entomologist.  His reports will appear under the auspices of the the U.S. Patent Office. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Joseph Nathan Kane, ed., Famous First Facts (New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1981), 248.
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Legal/Political
Relevance
Personal
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