Floyd W. Shockley

American entomologist
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Floyd W. Shockley

Summary

Floyd W. Shockley is a human[1]. He worked as an entomologist[2], coleopterist[3], and museum professional[4].

Key Facts

  • Floyd W. Shockley held citizenship in United States[5].
  • Floyd W. Shockley's professions included entomologist[2].
  • Floyd W. Shockley worked as a coleopterist[3].
  • Floyd W. Shockley worked as a museum professional[4].
  • Floyd W. Shockley's field of work was entomology[6].
  • Floyd W. Shockley's field of work was beetles[7].
  • Floyd W. Shockley's field of work was Endomychidae[8].
  • Floyd W. Shockley's field of work was taxonomy[9].
  • Floyd W. Shockley's field of work was systematics[10].
  • Floyd W. Shockley's field of work was cladistics[11].
  • Floyd W. Shockley was employed by National Museum of Natural History[12].
  • Floyd W. Shockley was employed by Smithsonian Institution[13].
  • Among Floyd W. Shockley's employers was National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Entomology[14].
  • Floyd W. Shockley is recorded as male[15].
  • Floyd W. Shockley's instance of is recorded as human[16].
  • Floyd W. Shockley's family name is recorded as Q37072868[17].
  • Floyd W. Shockley's given name is recorded as Floyd[18].
  • Floyd W. Shockley's given name is recorded as W.[19].
  • Floyd W. Shockley's official website is recorded as https://naturalhistory.si.edu/staff/floyd-shockley[20].
  • Floyd W. Shockley's social media followers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+4541'}[21].
  • Floyd W. Shockley's social media followers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+3600'}[22].

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Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include entomologist[2], coleopterist[3], and museum professional[4]. Fields of work include entomology[6], a branch of zoology[23]; beetles[7], a taxon[24]; Endomychidae[8], a taxon[25]; taxonomy[9], an academic discipline[26]; systematics[10], a branch of biology[27]; and cladistics[11], a method[28]. Employers include National Museum of Natural History[12], a natural history museum[29], in United States[30], founded in 1910[31]; Smithsonian Institution[13], an institution[32], in United States[33], founded in 1846[34], headquartered in Washington, D.C.[35]; and National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Entomology[14], an academic department[36].

FAQs

What did Floyd W. Shockley do for work?

Floyd W. Shockley worked as entomologist[2], coleopterist[3], and museum professional[4].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved . naturalhistory.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved . naturalhistory.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved . naturalhistory.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved . naturalhistory.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved . naturalhistory.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved . naturalhistory.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [2] . naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved . naturalhistory.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved . naturalhistory.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [4] . naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved . naturalhistory.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved . naturalhistory.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . profiles.si.edu. profiles.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . ORCID Public Data File 2023. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . ORCID Public Data File 2020. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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    Orcid id 0000-0002-4622-2210
    Wikidata description American entomologist
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