Edward Fred Knipling (1909 - 2000)

Born 20 Mar 1909 in Port Lavaca, Calhoun, Texas, United States

Died 17 Mar 2000 at age 90 in Arlington, Virginia, United States

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Biography

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Edward Knipling was an American entomologist, who received the 1992 World Food Prize for collaborative achievements in developing the sterile insect technique for eradicating or suppressing the threat posed by pests to the livestock and crops that contribute to the world's food supply.

Knipling published over 225 articles in his career, was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, received the 1966 National Medal of Science and the 1995 Japan Prize for his novel approaches to pest control ^[1], and was listed in Life magazine as one of the “100 Most Important People in the World” in 1970. Knipling was posthumously awarded the Golden Goose Award in 2016 ^[2].

Sources

1. ↑ Japan Prize Foundation
2. ↑ "2016: The Sex Life of the Screwworm Fly",

• Wikipedia: Edward F. Knipling
• Edward Fred Knipling Papers: Screwworm Eradication Program Records; Biographical Sketch, USDA National Agricultural Library, Special Collections.