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Issue: Vol. 2 No. 3: 31 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-31
DOI: 10.11646/jihs.2.3.5
Page range: 195-206
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 6

In Memory of Merrill Henry Sweet, II (1935–2024): Biography, List of Publications, Described Taxa, and Patronyms

Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012
Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003
Obituary

Abstract

Merrill Henry Sweet, II, was born in Chicago Heights, Illinois, on 5 September 1935 and passed away on 19 August 2024 in El Paso, Texas, just before his 89th birthday...

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