Background
Source: Wikipedia
Ezra Dwight Sanderson (25 September 1878 – 27 September 1944) was an American entomologist and sociologist who was a professor of sociology at Cornell University. He worked in the US Department of Agriculture on pest management in cotton before becoming a professor. He published two textbooks in entomology and wrote several books on rural sociology. Sanderson was born in Clio, Michigan, and after graduating from Michigan State College went to Cornell, receiving a BS in agriculture in 1898.
