Raymond Corbett Shannon (October 4, 1894 – March 7, 1945) was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera and medical entomology.
In 1926, he began graduate studies at George Washington University, and from 1927, he was employed by the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation.
[2] He published over 100 articles on the characteristics, environment, and behavior of insects and on their aspects as disease vectors.
[2] One of his discoveries, in 1930, was the arrival of Anopheles gambiae, the mosquito that carries malaria, into the New World.
[3][4][5][6] On his death at the age of 50, he left his library and insect collection to the Smithsonian Institution.