The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Lutz, Frank Eugene

LUTZ, loots', Frank Eugene, American biologist: b. Bloomsburg, Pa., 15 Sept. 1879. He was graduated (1900) at Haverford College, Pennsylvania, studied (1902) at University of Chicago, then entered University College, London, England. He was (1904-09) resident-investigator at the station for experimental evolution, Cold Spring Harbor, then (1909-16) assistant curator of invertebrate zoology at American Museum of Natural History, New York City, to become associate curator in the latter year. He has written &ldquo;Field Book of Insects&rdquo; (1917) and numerous contributions to the scientific journals on the subjects variation, heredity, assortive mating, entomology, etc.