ABOVE: Warwick Kerr reading the newspaper in front of a “jaboticabeira,” a Brazilian fruit tree he maintained on the balcony of his apartment in the city of Ribeirão Preto in February 2018.
AMÉRICO A F S KERR
Brazilian entomologist Warwick Estevam Kerr died on September 15 in São Paulo at age 96. Kerr leaves behind a complicated legacy, on the one hand maligned for the introduction of aggressive Africanized bees in the Americas and on the other revered in his homeland as a humanitarian.
Upon his death, the city of Manaus in the state of Amazonas observed three days of official mourning as a tribute to Kerr’s work in improving the welfare of the people in the rainforest, and the Brazilian media honored his legacy in Brazilian science, research, economy, and education.
“It’s really interesting to see the important media outlets talking about [Kerr’s] death and how big a loss it ...
