Harley Brown


Harley Proctor Brown was an American biologist and an expert in certain types of aquatic beetles. He described over forty new species in his career.

Background and education

He was born in Uniontown, Alabama and showed an early interest in insects. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. His thesis involved the lifecycle of the species Climacia areolaris of the family Sisyridae. He received a PhD from Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio in 1945. His dissertation studied the flagellum of the protozoan with the electron microscope.

Academic career

Brown taught at the following institutions:
Taxa described by Brown include:
Taxa named in honor of Brown include:

Papers

Brown authored and co-authored dozens of scientific papers from 1941–2001.

Books