Otto plath biography
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Otto Plath
American entomologist
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| Born | Otto Emil Plath (1885-04-13)April 13, 1885 Grabow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany |
| Died | November 5, 1940(1940-11-05) (aged 55) Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States |
| Resting place | Winthrop Cemetery, Winthrop, Massachusetts |
| Occupation | Author, entomologist |
| Nationality | German and American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Spouse | Aurelia Schober |
| Children | Sylvia Plath Warren Plath |
Otto Emil Plath (April 13, 1885 – November 5, 1940) was a German-American writer, academic, and biologist.
Plath worked as a professor of biology and German language at Boston University and as an entomologist, with a specific expertise on bumblebees.
Otto plath biography
He was the father of American poet Sylvia Plath and Warren Plath, and the husband of Aurelia Plath. He wrote the 1934 book Bumblebees and Their Ways. He is notable for being the subject of "Daddy", one of his d