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Bassett worked at the Silas
Bronson Library in Waterbury, Connecticut for nearly thirty years. He started work on September 1, 1872, after the resignation of W. I. Fletcher, its first librarian. The number of volumes in the library more than quadrupled in his first five years. Bassett also made a
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Bassett died on June 28, 1902, at 4:20 am at the age of 75. He died in his home in
Waterbury due to heart and kidney disease. His obituary appeared in
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of the collection's 2,800 pamphlets. He also was the librarian during the move to a new building in 1894. He also opened a children's library in 1898.
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Bassett was also described as "one of the best known of the early botanists" in the vicinity of
Waterbury. His collection was deposited at the
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American Entomological Society in 1901; it contained approximately 6,300 specimens. A collection consisting of a selection of his
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Men of
Progress: Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life and of the State of Connecticut
628:"On the Cynipidous Galls of Florida, with Descriptions of New Species and Synopses of the Described Species of North America"
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The Town and City of
Waterbury, Connecticut, from the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five
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The Town and City of
Waterbury, Connecticut, from the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five
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The Town and City of
Waterbury, Connecticut, from the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five
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Waterbury, Connecticut, from the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five
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The Town and City of
Waterbury, Connecticut, from the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five
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Beutenmüller, William (1904). "The types of Cynipidae in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History".
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Bradley, J. Chester (1959). "The Influence of the American Entomological Society upon the Study of Hymenoptera".
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in 1847, but due to poor health he had to leave the following year. He returned to New England in 1849.
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Mitchell, Minnie W. (1966). "19th Century Developments of the Administration of Homer F. Bassett".
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Rehn, James A. G. (1959). "The Insect Collections of the American Entomological Society".
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Chapin, Charles F.; Anderson, Joseph; Abbott, Anson F.; et al. (1896).
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A Historical Study of the Silas Bronson Library of Waterbury, Connecticut
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125 species of gall wasp. He became a corresponding member of the
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Bassett resigned from his position in 1901 due to poor health.
826:(Thesis). Southern Connecticut State College. pp. 62–77.
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Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
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Skinner, Henry (1901). "Report of the Entomological Section".
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Bassett, Homer F.; Kimball, Arthur Reed; et al. (1896).
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Bassett was born on September 2, 1826, in the town of
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Architectural sketch of the new library, designed by
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914:"Private Schools Since 1800"
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77:Occupation
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661:"Preface"
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317:paratypes
313:holotypes
297:described
202:Signature
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80:Librarian
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