E. W. (Edward William) Berger

Edward William Berger was an American scientific author born in 1869. The record of his books shows an unusually broad range of interests: his 1900 Johns Hopkins dissertation, Physiology and histology of the Cubomedusæ, focused on marine biology, while later works linked him closely with entomology and Florida agriculture.

Library and book records connect him with publications such as Citrus canker in the Gulf coast country and other work on citrus insects, showing a shift toward practical research that would have mattered directly to growers. A JSTOR memorial notice for Dr. E. W. Berger says he was especially known for research on citrus insects and for work using fungi to control whitefly.

Because reliable biographical detail online is limited, much of his life is best traced through his publications rather than through full modern biographies. Even so, the picture that emerges is of a careful scientist whose writing bridged laboratory study and real-world agricultural problems, and whose work remained visible long after his death in 1944.