John Lawrence LeConte
American entomologist
John Lawrence LeConte MD was an American entomologist, responsible for naming and describing approximately half of the insect taxa known in the United States during his lifetime, including some 5,000 species of beetles. Wikipedia
Born: May 13, 1825, New York, NY
Died: November 15, 1883 (age 58 years), Philadelphia, PA
Parents: John Eatton Le Conte
Books
New species of North American Coleoptera
1863
Classification of the Coleoptera of North America
1863
The rhynchophora of America north of Mexico
1876
Classification Of The Coleoptera Of North America, Parts 1-2
... New Species of North American Coleoptera; Volume 6
[An Additional Character for the Definition of Rhynchophorus Coleoptera]