# Norman Criddle

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Norman Criddle Born 1875 (1875) Addlestone, Surrey, England Died 1933 (aged 57–58) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Years active 1902–1933 Known for Agricultural Entomologist

**Norman Criddle**, born in 1875 in [Addlestone](/source/Addlestone), Surrey, England, died in 1933 in [Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg), Manitoba, Canada, was an [entomologist](/source/Entomologist) active in the early development of control strategies for [agriculturally](/source/Agriculture) important [grasshoppers](/source/Grasshopper) (Insecta: [Orthoptera](/source/Orthoptera)) in the [prairie](/source/Prairie) [croplands](/source/Croplands) of [western North America](/source/Western_North_America), as well as a [naturalist](/source/Naturalist)-artist.[1][2]

## Career

In 1902, faced with [food crop](/source/Food_crop) devastation from a peak in the population of grasshoppers, Criddle developed a mixture of [pesticidal](/source/Pesticide) [toxins](/source/Toxins) called the "Criddle Mixture" to combat them, and was hired by the [provincial](/source/Province) government to demonstrate its use to farmers.[3] In 1913 the Manitoba government hired him as an entomological field officer, and in 1919 he was appointed the provincial entomologist.[4] Gifted with considerable artistic ability, Criddle illustrated a number of agricultural books; his and Dr. [James Fletcher](/source/James_Fletcher_(entomologist))'s *Fodder and Pasture Plants* and *Farm Weeds of Canada* are especially noteworthy.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Education & Honors

Criddle was awarded an [honorary diploma](/source/Honorary_degree) from the [Manitoba Agricultural College](/source/University_of_Manitoba), was [honorary president](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Honorary_president&action=edit&redlink=1) of the [Natural History Society of Manitoba](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Natural_History_Society_of_Manitoba&action=edit&redlink=1) from 1925 to 1933, and a member of the [Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manitoba_Agricultural_Hall_of_Fame&action=edit&redlink=1).[5] His family's homestead in Aweme, Manitoba, the [Criddle/Vane Homestead](/source/Criddle%2FVane_Homestead_Provincial_Park), has been declared a Manitoba Provincial Heritage Park.[6]

## Publications

Criddle authored and illustrated a number of works between 1906 and 1934.[7]

- Criddle, Norman (1920). *Locust control in the Prairie provinces*. Ottawa: Division of Entomology.

## See also

[List of entomologists](/source/List_of_entomologists)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bumsted, J. M. 1999. *Dictionary of Manitoba Biography*. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-88755-169-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88755-169-6) (cloth), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-88755-662-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88755-662-0) (paper)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Criddle, A. 1975. The Criddles of Aweme. *The Manitoba Entomologist* 8: 5–9.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Gibson, A., and H. G. Crawford. 1933. Norman Criddle. *The Canadian Entomologist* 65:193–200.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Holliday, N. J. 2006. "Norman Criddle: Pioneer Entomologist of the Prairie" in *Manitoba History* 51: 8–15., accessible on-line at [http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/51/criddle_n.shtml](http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/51/criddle_n.shtml), 11 July 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Goldsborough, G. 2011. *Memorable Manitobans: Norman Criddle (1875–1933)*, [http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/criddle_n.shtml](http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/criddle_n.shtml), profile revised: 24 April 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Holliday, 2006, *op.cit.*

1. **[^](#cite_ref-WorldCat_7-0)** ["Criddle, Norman"](http://www.worldcat.org/identities/viaf-106132578/). *WorldCat Identities*. OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Retrieved 11 July 2017.

## External links

- [Norman Criddle (1875-1933) Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame](http://www.dirtytshirt.net/ahof/ahofmember/criddle-norman/)

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