Talk:Sidney Adolphus Hessel
Latest comment: 3 years ago by Cotinis
Callophrys hesseli is a patronym for Hessel.
There is an obituary (paywalled) for Hessel at:
SIDNEY A. HESSEL, 67, ENTOMOLOGIST, DIES - The New ...https://www.nytimes.com/ › 1974/11/13
--Cotinis (talk) 14:38, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
- @Cotinis:
{{Eponyms}}duly added; and category added to the species' page Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:56, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
I obtained the obituary from the 1974 New York Times and it does not include the birth date. It does note he died in Washington, Connecticut. FWIW, I did not see an entry in cemetery databases publicly available in that town.
--Cotinis (talk) 14:49, 30 April 2021 (UTC)