Joseph A. Lintner
Joseph Albert Lintner was born in Schoharie, NY on Feb 8, 1822 to Rev. George and Maria Wagner Lintner. He graduated in 1837 from Schoharie Academy. Mr. Lintner spent ten years in New York City in mercantile business. In 1853, Joseph A. Lintner started a collection of insects. On Oct 3, 1856 he married Frances Hutchinson with whom he had four children. in 1860, moved to Utica where manufactured woolen goods for seven years. In 1868, Joseph A. Lintner became Zoological Assistant at the State Museum of Natural History in Albany. He was was appointed state entomologist (some one who studies insects) in 1880. Joseph A. Lintner wrote about 1,000 scientific papers; and published annual reports on the Indurious and other insects of the state. Joseph A. Lintner was president of the Entomological Club of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Associat...