Paul David Hurd Jr. (April 2, 1921 – March 12, 1982) was an American entomologist who specialized the Hymenoptera of western North America. Per the Smithsonian Institution, where he worked as insect curator and which holds a collection of his papers, Hurd was most known for his work on carpenter bees, and cucurbit pollinators, but also published on velvet ants, spider wasps, Anthophoridae, leaf-cutter and mason bees, and sweat bees.[1] Hurd was a veteran of World War II,[2] a Guggenheim Fellow in 1959,[3] and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[2]

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  1. ^ "Record Unit 7311 Paul David Hurd Papers, 1938–1982 and undated". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  2. ^ a b "Dr. Paul D. Hurd Jr". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  3. ^ "Paul D. Hurd Jr". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation... Retrieved 2023-10-28.

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