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FERNALD, Charles Henry, naturalist, born on Mount Desert, Maine, 16 March 1838. He was educated principally at the Maine Wesleyan seminary, and during the civil war served in the U. S. navy as acting ensign. In 1865 he became principal of Litchfield academy, and in 1866 principal of Houlton academy. He then was called to the chair of natural history in the Maine state College, and held it from 1871 till 1886, when he became professor of zoology in the Massachusetts agricultural College. Professor Fernald is a member of various scientific societies, and received the degree of Ph.D. in 1886 from the Maine state College. He has a large collection of tortricidae, and has very thoroughly studied these moths. His principal publications are "Catalogue of the Tortricidae of North America" (Philadelphia, 1882); "Butterflies of Maine " (Augusta, 1884); " Grasses of Maine" (1885); and "Sphingidae of New England" (1886).
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