J. Gordon Edwards, American entomologist, mountaineer, and DDT advocate (born 1919)

J. Gordon Edwards (entomologist)

American entomologist

J. Gordon Edwards was an American entomologist and proponent of the use and safety of the pesticide DDT. He was professor of entomology at San Jose State University for 40 years, and namesake to the university's entomology museum. He was an outspoken critic of Rachel Carson and…