# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leland-ossian-howard
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:57:44.295Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leland-ossian-howard"
name: "Leland Ossian Howard"
slug: "leland-ossian-howard"
description: "Leland Ossian Howard was a pioneer American entomologist who worked in the US Department of Agriculture. Serving as the chief of the bureau of entomology, a successor to C.V. Riley, he helped establish economic entomology as a profession in the United States and strengthened research activities, helping establish laws to prevent the introduction of agricultural pests. He was a specialist on the parasitic wasp family Chalcididae, and contributed to the introduction of biological control agents for pest management. Howard also took an interest in medical entomology."
tagline: "American entomologist (1857-1950)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1857-06-11"
deathDate: "1950-05-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             7.53393665158371
  historical:           7.670986666666666
  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump