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Charles Remington, 85; Yale professor with an infectious passion for butterflies, moths
Charles Lee Remington, the Yale University entomologist who knew everything there is to know about butterflies and moths and used his studies of lepidoptera to provide crucial insights into the process of evolution, died May 31 in Hamden, Conn. He was 85.
No cause of death was given by the family.
He became a media favorite in the summer of 1996 when he appeared widely on U.S. and international television networks to extol the glories -- and the taste -- of genus Magicicada, the 17-year locust, which had emerged that summer.
Witty and entertaining, and wearing his trademark bolo tie, Remington used the occasion to educate network audiences about the exotic cicadas, throwing in a dollop of information about other species in the process and no doubt setting many youngsters on the path of bug collecting as a hobby, if not a professional passion.
He also demonstrated what he considered the distinctive tastiness of the cicadas, consuming them boiled and fried on camera to the delight and repu
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Charles Lee Remington, emeritus professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, field naturalist and museum curator, died on May 31 at age 85 in Hamden, Connecticut.
The Yale scientist was known for his eclectic research interests, his facility for integrating comparative information about animals and plants from far-flung sources, and his zeal for mentoring young scientists and introducing children to the world of insects.
Born to Pardon Sheldon and Maud Remington in Reedville, Virginia, on Jan. 19, 1922, Remington became interested in the natural world as a child in St. Louis, Missouri. He carried this passion into undergraduate studies at Principia College, where he received a B.S. in 1943. During his military service in World War II, he served as a medical entomologist, traveling throughout the Pacific, researching and combating afflictions as diverse as insect-borne epidemics and the giant centipede bites inflicted on servicemen in the Philippines.
Remington received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1948, where he worked on the systematics of Thysanura
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Charles Lee Remington
Charles Lee Remington (January 19, 1922 – May 31, 2007) was an American entomologist known for studies of butterflies and moths, a Yale University professor, and is considered the father of modern lepidoptery.[1] He established a Periodical Cicada preserve in Hamden, Connecticut. He developed the insect collection at the Peabody Museum of Natural History.[2] Among species named in his honor are Agathymus remingtoni (the Coahuila giant skipper) and Metajapyx remingtoni, a forcepstail.
Biography
Remington was born to Pardon Sheldon and Maud Remington in Reedville, Virginia, on January 19, 1922. His family then moved to St. Louis, Missouri. He grew up collecting butterflies with his father. He did his undergraduate studies at Principia College, where he received a B.S. in 1943. During his military service in World War II, he served as a medical entomologist, throughout the Pacific, researching insect-borne diseases and centipede bites in the Philippines.[3]
After the war, Remington studied for his doctorat
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