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Bethune, Charles J.S. (Charles James Stewart)
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- Charles James Stewart Bethune
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1838-1932
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Charles James Stewart Bethune was born in West Flamborough Township, Upper Canada on August 11, 1838. He was a graduate of Toronto’s Upper Canada College and University of Toronto’s Trinity College with a BA in 1859. He was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1862, after nine years, he was appointed headmaster of Trinity College School in Port Hope.
Between 1906 and 1920, as a professor and head of the entomology department at the Ontario Agricultural College (now a part of the University of Guelph), he pioneered the instruction of the science of insects at the university level.
Bethune cofounded the Entomological Society of Canada with William Saunders in 1863, where he served as its president for 11 years and edited its journal, the Canadian Entomologist for 30 years. At Guelph, he developed the teaching of economic entomology based on sound scientific principles, promoted the collection and careful identification of insects, and published widely on the lives of insects and on their control.
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- North America » Canada » Ontario » Wentworth, County of » Hamilton » Flamborough
- North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto
- North America » Canada » Ontario » Wellington, County of » Guelph
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2/21/2023 E. Thomas (Creation)
5/29/2023 E. Thomas (VIAF added.)