Rennie Wilbur Doane

Rennie Wilbur Doane was an American entomologist who taught for many years at Stanford University. His work dealt with insects of economic and medical importance, and he wrote for a general audience as well as for specialists. His books include Insects and Disease (1910), a popular account of how flies, mosquitoes, fleas and ticks spread illness, and Common Pests, and he was co-author of a textbook on forest insects.