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'''Albert Franklin Burgess''' (2 October 1873 – 23 February 1953) was an American entomologist. He was a pioneer of approaches to the control of the [[Lymantria dispar dispar|gypsy moth]]. He used biological control measures and also tried to restrict the expansion of the moth by intensive management along a 9000 square mile barrier belt surrounding the area affected by the moths in New Jersey.<ref></ref>
Burgess was born in [[Rockland, Massachusetts]] where he went to local schools before graduating from the Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1895. After a master's degree in 1897 he went to work as an assistant entomologist in the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture. He became an assistant in entomology at the [[University of Illinois at Chicago|University of Illinois]] in 1899. From 1907 he served in the US Bureau of Entomology working on the Gypsy moth. From 1916 he also studied the [[Brown-tail moth|browntail moth]].<ref></ref> <ref></ref>
He married Mary E. Dwight in 1904 and after her death in 1944 he married again.
== References ==
[[Category:American entomologists]]
[[Category:1873 births]]
[[Category:1953 deaths]]
Burgess was born in [[Rockland, Massachusetts]] where he went to local schools before graduating from the Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1895. After a master's degree in 1897 he went to work as an assistant entomologist in the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture. He became an assistant in entomology at the [[University of Illinois at Chicago|University of Illinois]] in 1899. From 1907 he served in the US Bureau of Entomology working on the Gypsy moth. From 1916 he also studied the [[Brown-tail moth|browntail moth]].<ref></ref> <ref></ref>
He married Mary E. Dwight in 1904 and after her death in 1944 he married again.
== References ==
[[Category:American entomologists]]
[[Category:1873 births]]
[[Category:1953 deaths]]
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