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Dr Henry Clinton Fall

Birth	:	25 Dec 1862 Farmington, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Death	:	14 Nov 1939 Tyngsborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial	:	Pine Grove Cemetery, Farmington, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.3852800, -71.0583300
Inscription	:	A naturalist, whose researches have have built an enduring monument to his name. A friend, truthful, modest, kind.
Description	:	Graduate of Dartmouth 1884 Doctor of science degree 1929 Entomologist 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Henry C Fall Age in 1870: 7 Birth Year: abt 1863 Birthplace: New Hampshire Home in 1870: Farmington, Strafford, New Hampshire Household Members: Name Age Annie M Hayes 24 Henry C Fall 7 Katy A Fall 4 Lydia Hayes 62 Fredrick Dixon 21 Mary E Dixon 24 Kitiage Nute 21 George Barnard 22 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Henry C Fall Age:... Read More	Graduate of Dartmouth 1884 Doctor of science degree 1929 Entomologist 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Henry C Fall Age in 1870: 7 Birth Year: abt 1863 Birthplace: New Hampshire Home in 1870: Farmington, Strafford, New Hampshire Household Members: Name Age Annie M Hayes 24 Henry C Fall 7 Katy A Fall 4 Lydia Hayes 62 Fredrick Dixon 21 Mary E Dixon 24 Kitiage Nute 21 George Barnard 22 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Henry C Fall Age: 37 Birth Date: Dec 1862 Birthplace: New Hampshire Home in 1900: Pasadena Precinct 3, Los Angeles, California Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Single Father's Birthplace: New Hampshire Mother's name: Anna M Fall Mother's Birthplace: New Hampshire Household Members: Name Age Henry C Fall 37 Anna M Fall 54 Katharine A Fall 34 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Henry C Fall Age: 57 Birth Year: abt 1863 Birthplace: New Hampshire Home in 1920: Tyngsborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Relation to Head of House: Brother-in-law Marital Status: Single Father's Birthplace: New Hampshire Mother's Birthplace: New Hampshire Industry: Retired Household Members: Name Age Carl A Richmond 45 Katharine F Richmond 53 Henry C Fall 57 Article Henry Clinton Fall, D. Sc., '84 January 1935 Dr. J. P. Houston '84 By VOCATION, a teacher: by avocation, an entomologist, honored on both sides of the Atlantic for his profound learning. While in College, Fall had a small collection of beetles, a mere hobby of his. Throughout the years he worked as a teacher, his leisure was spent in collecting specimens until he came to have a very complete collection of North American beetles. He has scoured the continent north of Mexico for his collection. They are beautifully mounted, making the collection a thing of beauty as well as a monument of science. Data of each specimen completed: He was given the honorary degree of Doctor of Science in 1929 by Dartmouth because of his contributions to entomology. In his modest way the Doctor gives the story of his wonderful work in these words: "After a good number of years as head of the Science Department of the Pasadena, Cal., High School, I retired from teaching in 1917, and the year following came back with my mother to the old home neighborhood in New England to live. This partly for family reasons and partly that I might more advantageously pursue my favorite study, entomology, within easy reach of the great eastern libraries and museums. As for teaching, while personally always interesting and full of opportunity for service, it is not a spectacular profession and doesn't offer much in the way of ostentatious data. "Pasadena High was a big school with more than 2000 students, and my private classes in physics during the last five years and general departmental duties kept me reasonably busy. Always in my leisure hours my beloved beetles called for and received a great deal of attention, and I must confess that the love of the quiet study, surrounded by my books and bugs, has for me been stronger than any desire for political honors and preferment. After so many years of entomological study and research it is not strange that I am now able to speak with some authority on this branch of Natural History. During these years I have published about one hundred papers, long and short, in the proceedings of various entomological or other scientific societies. These papers are, to a considerable extent, based upon my own collection of American Coleoptera, now one of the finest, if not the finest, private collection of its kind in America. It consists of about 200,000 mounted specimens. My work has received gratifying recognition from my colleagues both in America and in Europe, and certain honors in the way of fellowships and memberships in entomological societies have come to me. Suppose we let it go at that." This excerpt from a later letter shows that Dr. Fall has widened his interests in the insect kingdom. Replying to the question: "What do you do to while away the time?" he says: "I am constantly doing something in the way of entomological research, and am publishing articles thereon from time to time. A monographic treatment of the North American species of Hymenopteras is my latest effort in the Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 1931. Of course, I write this stuff merely to amuse myself as nobody ever reads it. A wonderfully interesting auto trip around the Gaspe Peninsula was my chief outing for 1931." Doctor Fall is a busy man even now. He is in touch with museums and entomologists all over the world. Nearly every mail brings letters or packages asking aid in identification and classification of specimens. He has done identification work for the Canadian and the U. S. National museums, The British Museum of Natural History, the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Berlin and numerous other museums. His published articles and monographs number some 125. Visitors come from everywhere to study his collection and receive his aid in classification, etc., which he gives gratis. This work involves com- parisons with his collection of 1,400 type specimens and 14,000 species from North America above the Mexican boundary. A monumental job, requiring utmost care and wide knowledge. In his own private work he receives specimens from other collectors and museums. Recently the British Museum loaned him a specimen taken by Charles Darwin in South America on that famous "Voyage of the Beagle," a century ago. Besides his beetles, Fall has a collection of 10,000 butterflies, moths and exotic beetles, 8,000 postage stamps, over 10,000 U. S. postmarks and a historical collection of hundreds of pictures of locomotive engines used by New England railroads in the 19th century. It pays to have a hobby, even though it be "Bugs," if one really loves that hobby and works untiringly at it. Henry Clinton Fall From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Henry Clinton Fall (25 December 1862, Farmington, New Hampshire – 14 November 1939, Tyngsboro, Massachusetts) was an American entomologist.[1] Fall received in 1884 his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. He taught from 1884 to 1889 mathematics and physics in Chicago secondary schools,[1] and then in 1889 for health reasons moved to Southern California. From 1889 to 1917 he taught physical sciences at Pasadena High School and was, for almost a quarter of a century, the head of the physical sciences department. A visit from George Henry Horn inspired Fall to begin scientific study of insects and to write an 1893 article on beetles.[2] Subsequent papers included revisions of various beetle families and lists of species known from the California Channel Islands and southern California. Fall was one of the first researchers to work on insects, particularly Coleoptera, of the Channel Islands.[2] In 1917 he retired to live in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, which is about 43 kilometers (26 miles) in a straight line to Cambridge, Massachusetts. He continued to identify and curate insect specimens sent to him and published his last scientific paper in 1937.[2] He accumulated about 250,000 specimens, described 1,484 species, and wrote 144 publications. He received an honorary Ph.D. degree from Dartmouth College in 1929 and died in Massachusetts in 1939. His insect collection and papers were left to the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard University.[1] Fall's collection includes about 20,000 different insect species. He inspired many coleopterists, including Edwin Van Dyke and Frank Ellsworth Blaisdell.[2] References Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). "Fall, Henry Clinton". Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer Link. p. 1412. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_3748. ISBN 978-1-4020-6242-1. Evans, Arthur V.; Hogue, James N. (2004). "Henry Clinton Fall". Introduction to California Beetles. University of California Press. p. 18. ISBN 9780520240353. External links Data related to Henry Clinton Fall at Wikispecies Authority control Edit this at Wikidata

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Dr Henry Clinton Fall death on 14 Nov 1939 in Tyngsborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Longitude: -71.0583300

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Parent

Orin Tenney Fall

(1828 - 1903)

Mary Ann “Annie” Hayes Fall

(1845 - 1919)

Siblings

Katherine Augusta Fall Richmond

(1866 - 1959)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Pine Grove Cemetery
Farmington, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3852800, -71.0583300

2. French Family Graveyard
Farmington, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3841670, -71.0530560

3. Colbath Cemetery
Farmington, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3825000, -71.0508330

4. Hayes Cemetery
Farmington, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3846217, -71.0394091

5. Hayes Cemetery
Farmington, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3840653, -71.0358553

6. Tanner Cemetery
Farmington, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3711780, -71.0453440

7. Waldron Cemetery
Farmington, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4031260, -71.0805160

8. Dame Burial Ground
Farmington, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3575620, -71.0777570

9. Bennet Cemetery
Farmington, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3809950, -71.1010310

10. Hayes Cemetery
Milton, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4078500, -71.0269330

11. Colbath Farm Cemetery
Farmington, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3602780, -71.0866670

12. Nute-Varney Cemetery
Milton, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4030039, -71.0202944

13. Leighton Cemetery
Farmington, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4183130, -71.0757490

14. Richard Plumer Cemetery
Milton, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4188890, -71.0419440

15. Jones Family Cemetery
Farmington, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3551700, -71.0284000

16. Pearl Cemetery
Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3929100, -71.1087200

17. John Plumer Cemetery
Milton, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4222170, -71.0468570

18. Pinkham Cemetery
Farmington, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4204630, -71.0784750

19. Bessie Plumer Grave
Milton, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4232920, -71.0487340

20. Place Cemetery
Farmington, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3538350, -71.0272810

21. Chesley-Twombly Cemetery
Farmington, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3467590, -71.0643760

22. Wentworth Cemetery
Milton, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4247220, -71.0544440

23. Walker Cemetery
Farmington, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3499580, -71.0258770

24. Cook-Downing Cemetery
Milton, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4298090, -71.0636960