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  1. Abbott, Clinton Gilbert (1881-1946) Coleonyx variegatus abbotti Klauber, 1945: "Named for Clinton G. Abbott, Director of the San Diego Society of Natural History, a friend, editorial guide and a scientific associate for many years."
    • 1881 Born in Liverpool, England, son of American citizens, April 17th.
    • 1903 AB, Columbia U.
    • 1910-1914 Vice-president of the Linnaean Society of NY.
    • 1911 Authored "The home life of the Osprey"
    • 1914-1915 Post-graduate, Cornell U.
    • 1918-1921 Confidential secretary and editor of the NY State Conservation Commission.
    • 1921 Took charge of Public Education at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
    • 1922+ Director of San Diego Natural History Museum.
    • 1923-1925 President of the San Diego Natural History Society.
    • Member of the American Ornithologists Union, Western Society of Naturalists and many other professional societies.

  2. Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe (1807-1873) Gopherus agassizii (Cooper, 1863) "I take the liberty of naming this fine tortoise [Xerobates agassizii] after the celebrated zoologist, whose work on the development, anatomy and classification of American Turtles ["Contributions to the Natural History of the United States"] leaves nothing to be desired in these particulars. We may hope before long to see his descriptions of the genera and species, on which he has been engaged for several years, and which, like the tortoise itself, though slow in coming, will doubtless prove of solid worth and durable quality." Chelonia mydas agassizii Bocourt, 1868
    • 1807 Born in French Switzerland.
    • 1830 MD, Munich.
    • Studied at Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France under Baron Cuvier, the founder of comparative anatomy.
    • 1832 Lecturer and Curator at the U Neuchatel, Switzerland. By the time he left Switzerland, he had 175 publications including: 20 books with 2000 plates.
    • 1846 Awarded funds by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia to travel to America and study glaciers. He was appointed to the Lowell lectureship at Harvard. His popular lectures in US paid Neuchatel debts and provided funds for continuing researches. "My intention is not, however, to impart information, but to throw the burden of study on you. If I succeed in teaching you to observe, my aim will be attained."
    • 1847 Visited Holbrook at Holbrook's plantation.
    • 1848 Chair of Zoology and Geology, Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard, Cambridge, MA. Henry D. Thoreau sent Agassiz, turtles, fish and a black snake. The fish was new to science.
    • 1850 Wed Elizabeth Cabot Cary, who had to become adjusted to snakes in the closet and worse.
    • c1853 Collected around Lake Superior, Lake Huron and FL.
    • c1858 Responsible for construction and outfitting Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.
    • 1865 Went to Brazil with Mrs. A., paid assistants and student volunteers aboard the Colorado. Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil opened the Amazon to the expedition for study.
    • 1866 In July, the Thayer Expedition returned home with more than 80,000 specimens.
    • 1871 Explored a glacier in the Strait of Magellan. Named it in honor of their steamer, the Hassler.
    • 1873 John Anderson, gave his island of Penikese in Buzzard's Bay off New Bedford, MA and $50K to start a summer school for marine natural history, which became the Marine Biological Laboratory at Wood's Hole, MA. Authored "Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America," 1st 2 volumes on turtles.

  3. Allen, Ensil Ross (1908-1981) Elaphe obsoleta rossalleni Neill, 1949 "in honor of Mr. [E. Ross] Allen, for it was his assiduous collecting which focused attention on the form..."
    • 1908 Born in Pittsburgh, PA, January 2nd.
    • 1911-1922 Family moved several times: Topeka, KS; Mt. Vernon, OH; Muncie, IN; Akron, OH; Middletown, OH. He studied the natural history of each of those areas.
    • 1924 Moved to Winter Haven, FL.
    • 1927-1929 Attended Stetson University, DeLand, FL.
    • 1929 Founder and director of the Ross Allen Reptile Institute, Silver Springs, Florida.
    • 1937 Collected in Honduras.
    • 1941-1945 Directed the milking of 73,960 poisonous snakes to fill war contracts for antivenin.
    • 1947 Collected in Colombia.
    • 1948 Collected in Cuba.
    • 1949 Collected type of Elaphe obsoleta rossalleni in the Everglades.
    • 1950 Described turtle vocalizations in Copeia.
    • 1965 Received conservation award from the Florida Department of Agriculture.
    • 1969-1971 Member Florida Commission of Indian Affairs.
    • 1970 Owner of the Indian Prairie Farm, FL.
    • Founder and President of the International Crocodile Society.
    • Biography by Hylander, C.J. "Adventures with Reptiles, the Story of Ross Allen." Julian Messner Inc. New York, 1957

  4. Allen, Joel Asaph (1838-1921) Regina alleni (Garman, 1874)
    • Scion of two historic American families, the Allen's back to 1640, and the Trumbull's to 1639.
    • 1852 At the age of 14, made a collection of birds and attempted to draw and color them.
    • 1861 Sold his collections to Wilbraham Academy, Springfield, MA, to finance his studies at Harvard with Louis Agassiz.
    • 1865-1866 Zoological Assistant, Thayer Expedition to Brazil, under Prof. Agassiz.
    • 1867 Collecting Expedition to western NY, southeastern IN, northern IL, western IA, southern MI.
    • 1868-1869 Expedition to East Florida, via St. Johns River to the head of Lake George for MCZ.
    • 1868-1880 Curator of Reptiles, Birds and Mammals, Boston Society of Natural History.
    • 1870-1875 Asst. Ornithology and Curator of Birds and Mammals, Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard.
    • 1871-1872 Fort Leavenworth, KS, west to northern UT for MCZ.
    • 1873 Chief of the party of Naturalists of the N. Pacific Railroad Expedition from Bismark, ND to the Yellowstone and back for the Smithsonian.
    • 1876 Wrote "The American Bisons, Living and Extinct."
    • 1876-1883 Corresponding Secretary, Nuttall Ornithological Club and Editor of its Bulletin.
    • 1880 Author of "History of North American Pinnipeds"
    • 1883-1891 President of the American Ornithologist Union. Editor of "the Auk" from 1883-1912
    • 1885+ Curator of Birds and Mammals, American Museum of Natural History.
    • 1886 One of five incorporators of the 1st Audubon Society, NY.
    • 1889 Editor-in-chief of all the Museum's publications.
    • 1910+ Member of the Commission on Zoological Nomenclature of the International Congress of Zoology.
    • He received many honorary degrees and continued writing until close to his death. He was impatient of careless work and generalizations based on insufficient data.
    • Autobiographical notes and bibliography, Field Museum Library.

  5. Arny, Samuel ( - ) Diadophis punctatus arnyi Kennicott, 1859
    • 1856 Lived in Bloomington, IL 1856 (Kennicott's letters)
    • 1857 Sent snakes and lizards to Kennicott (Kennicott's letters)
    • pre 1859 Collected type in the town of Hyatt in Anderson County, KS.

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  6. Bailey, Vernon Orlando (1864-1942) Crotaphytus collaris baileyi Stejneger, 1890
    • 1864 Born in Manchester, MI, June 21.
    • 1887-1933 Began collecting for the US Department of Agriculture and continued the work until his retirement as Chief Field Naturalist of the US Biological Survey.
    • 1893 Wrote "Spermophiles of the Mississippi Valley," and many other publications.
    • 1894-1895 Studied at the Columbian U (now George Washington U, Washington, DC).
    • 1895 "Pocket Gophers of the Mississippi Valley."
    • 1897 Authored "Revision of Voles of Genera Evotomys and Microtus."
    • 1933 A founder and President of the American Society of Mammalogists.
    • Supervised the accounts of US Biological Survey collections written by Stejneger.
    • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Ornithologists Union, and the Cooper Ornithological Club.

  7. Baird, Spencer Fullerton (1823-1887) Elaphe bairdi (Yarrow, 1880)
    • 1823 born February 3, Reading, PA
    • 1840 AB, Dickinson College, Cumberland County, PA.
    • 1840-1841 Spent a year on his own studying nature and collecting.
    • 1843 MA, Dickinson College.
    • 1844-1846 Professor, Natural History and Chemistry, Dickinson College.
    • 1846 August 8, Married Mary Churchill
    • 1846 Joined the Smithsonian shortly after it was founded.
    • 1846 Baird's collection added to those of the US Exploring Expedition (Wilkes Expedition) specimens formed core of natural history specimens at the Smithsonian Institution.
    • 1850 Assistant Secretary, Smithsonian, to Joseph Henry.
    • 1850-1860 Explored Wyoming Territory for US Government.
    • 1853 Wrote "Catalog of North American Reptiles< with Girard.
    • 1874 1st Commissioner, US Department of Fish and Fisheries.
    • 1878 Unanimously elected Secretary, Smithsonian.
    • 1887 Died 19 August at Woods Hole, MA of unspecified causes.
    • Encouraged Kennicott and Charles Girard, and other young naturalists who formed an informal group known as the Megatheria.
    • Wrote 1,068 separate publications.
    • Instrumental in establishing Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institute.
    • Biographies: (1) Dall, "Spencer Fullerton Baird," Lippincott, Philadelphia 1915. and "Letters of Spencer Fullerton Baird;" (3) Biographical memoirs of Spencer Fullerton Baird, published in both The Auk, Vol. 5, 1888, #1; and Smithsonian Report for 1888, Washington, DC, 1890; (4) Bibliography: Bull. US Natl. Mus. #20.

  8. Bangs, Outram (1863-1932) Pseudemys rubriventris bangsi Babcock, 1937 "In proposing subspecific distinction for this isolated group, I associate the name of my friend the late Mr. Outram Bangs who first called by attention to this unique New England colony."
    • 1863 Born in Watertown, MA, January 12.
    • c1873 Lived with his family in England for nearly a year.
    • Attended Noble's School, Boston and the Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard.
    • 1880-1884 Studied at Harvard College, Cambridge, MA.
    • 1890 Began systematic study of the mammals of eastern North America.
    • 1894-1899 Wrote over 70 titles, 55 of them on mammals.
    • 1895 Traveled to Lake Edward, Quebec and Micco, Brevard County, FL.
    • 1896 Worked at St. Mary's, GA and made short visits to Cumberland Island, and localities on the FL side of the St. Mary's River.
    • 1897 Collected at Pt. Matanzas, Carterville, Anastasia Is., Oak Lodge, Eau Gallie and Gainesville, FL.
    • 1899 His collection of mammals, over 10,000 skins and skulls and including over 100 type specimens was purchased by subscription and presented to Harvard College. Appointed Asst. in Mammalogy.
    • 1900+ Curator of Mammals, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard U.
    • 1906 Visited Jamaica. Collected over 100 birds, but his trip was cut short by dengue fever.
    • 1908 His collection of birds, over 24,000 skins was presented to the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. He assumed charge of the arrangement and increase of the bird collection.
    • 1918 Honorary AM, Harvard U.
    • 1925 Traveled to Europe. Visited museums, visited ornithologists and arranged exchanges.
    • Member American Ornithologists Union, wrote for The Auk.

  9. Barbour, Thomas (1884-1946) Sistrurus miliarius barbouri Gloyd, 1935 Graptemys barbouri Carr and Marchand, 1942 Ambystoma barbouri Kraus and Petranka, 1989 "...the name of Dr. Thomas Barbour, who has contributed extensively to our knowledge of Florida reptiles and amphibians."
    • 1884 Born in Martha's Vineyard.
    • 1903 Presented his preserved collection of reptiles and amphibians to the Museum of Comparative Anatomy (MCZ) at Harvard. Many specimens came from the NY Zoological Gardens whose keepers had saved dead animals for him.
    • 1906 AB, Harvard U.
    • 1907-1908 Delegate from Harvard to first Pan-American Scientific Congress, Santiago, Chile.
    • 1908 AM, Harvard U.
    • 1910 PhD, Harvard U.
    • 1911-1927 From Assoc. Curator to Curator Reptiles and Amphibians, MCZ, Harvard U.
    • 1912 Authored "Contribution to the Zoogeography of the East Indian Islands."
    • 1914 Authored "Contribution to the Zoogeography of the West Indies."
    • Authored "Checklist of North American Amphibians and Reptiles" with Stejneger (5 editions).
    • 1919 Collected type of Sistrurus miliarius barbouri, Dade County, FL.
    • 1923-1945 Executive officer in charge of Barro Colorado Island Laboratory (now the Canal Zone Biological Area), Gatun Lake, Panama.
    • 1927 Custodian of Harvard Biological Station and Botanical Garden Soledad, Cuba.
    • 1927+ Director, MCZ, Harvard U.
    • 1927 ScD, Havana U.
    • Received honorary degrees (ScD) from Harvard U in 1940 and U of FL in 1944.
    • Explored E and W Indies, India, Burma, China Japan and S. and Central America for MCZ.
    • He was a student of geographical distribution of reptiles and amphibians.
    • His popular writings include: "A Naturalist in Cuba, This Vanishing Eden," and "A Naturalist's Scrapbook" (1946). He was a huge, sentimental Irishman and a fine writer. Adjacent to his MCZ office was the "Eateria," to which he invited all to eat and converse. His secretary, Helen Robinson, prepared all the food for his, literally, thousands of guests.

  10. Bartram, William (1739-1823) Hyla crucifer bartramiana Harper, 1939 [Son of John Bartram, (1699-1777), Quaker botanist.]
    • 1765-1766 Explored St. John's River.
    • 1771 Returned to Philadelphia.
    • 1773-1778 Explored the southern states studying plants.
    • 1782 Declined a botany professorship at U PA for reasons of health.
    • 1786 Member of American Philosophical Society.
    • 1791 Published "Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida."
    • Seminole Native Americans called him "Puc-Puggy" which means "Flower-hunter."
    • Planted seeds and cuttings of the plants he collected during his travels to the family residence and garden, Kingsessing, on the west bank of the Schuylkill River, PA.
    • pre1803 Drew a majority of the plates for Professor William Barton's "Elements of Botany."
    • Never married, died in the home in which he had been born.

  11. Baudin, Nicholas (1756-1803) Smilisca baudinii (Dumeril and Bibron, 1841) It is noted that the type of Smilisca baudinii donated by "Mons. Baudin."
    • 1756 Born on St.-Martin de Re Island, France.
    • 1776 French Naval Officer, American Revolutionary War.
    • 1786-1789 2 voyages to Indian Ocean and Pacific.
    • 1792-1793 Aboard Jardiniere, as Captain, reached Cape of Good Hope. Turned back from Australia by hurricanes. Continued to India, Persian Gulf and Cape of Good Hope. Shipwrecked.
    • 1793 Arrived in the United States.
    • 1795 Returned to France leaving his botanical collection from the Indies at Trinidad. Involved with the Jardin des Plants, Museum National d'Histoire Naturell, Paris.
    • 1797-1803 Voyaged to Australia in command of the Geographe and the Naturaliste.

  12. Baur, George Herman Carl Ludwig (1859-1898) Kinosternon baurii (Garman, 1891) and Terrapene carolina bauri Taylor, 1895 "This species is named for Dr. Baur, who first noticed the peculiarities of the type, but having only the one specimen considered it an exceptional individual of Terrapene triunguis." Dr. Baur was an osteologist and testudinologist.
    • 1859 Born in Bohemia, Germany.
    • 1882-1884 Munich.
    • 1884-1890 Yale.
    • 1890-1891 Clark.
    • 1892 Collected extensive ornithological specimens in the Galapagos Archipelago.
    • 1893-1898 Asst. to Assoc. Professor Paleontology, U Chicago.
    • 1898 Died in Munich, Germany while on a rest and recuperation trip.
    • Described Graptemys oculifera, kohnii, pulchra and Pseudemys concinna texana.

  13. Baxter, George T. (1919- ) Bufo hemiophrys baxteri Porter, 1968 "Named in honor of George T. Baxter who discovered the relict population."
    • 1919 Born in Grover, CO.
    • 1946 BS and MS, U WY.
    • 1947-1959 Instructor to Associate Professor, U WY.
    • 1952 PhD, Zoology, U MI.
    • 1959+ Professor Zoology, U WY.
    • 1968-1970 Acting Head of the Department of Zoology, U WY.
    • 1984 Retired, U WY.

  14. Beck, Rollo Howard (1870-1950) Sceloporus occidentalis becki Van Denburgh, 1905 "I take pleasure in naming this island form in honor of Mr. R.H. Beck who collected the specimens."
    • 1870 Born in Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, CA, August 26.
    • Joined the FB Webster-Harris Expedition to the Galapagos to collect giant tortoises for Lord Rothschild.
    • 1905 2nd expedition to the Galapagos, collecting birds and tortoises for the CA Academy of Sciences.
    • 1906-1908 Collected sea birds off the CA coast near Monterey Bay and waterfowl in the San Joaquin Valley near Los Banos.
    • 1908 Visited Alaska.
    • 1912 Rediscovered the Hornby Petrel on the coast of Peru. Head of the Whitney South Sea Expedition. Spent several years exploring the islands of the South Pacific and the interior of New Guinea for the American Museum of Natural History.
    • 1936 Published a brief autobiography in RC Murphy's "Oceanic Birds of South America."

  15. Belding, Lyman (1829-1917) Cnemidophorus hyperythrus beldingi Stejneger, 1894 "I take great pleasure in naming this new species after Mr. L. Belding, whose extensive and excellent herpetological (contribution) in Lower California as well as in Upper California has never been adequately recognized."
    • 1829 Born in Northampton, MA.
    • 1879 Authored "A Partial List of the Birds of Central California," containing notes on 220 species.
    • 1881 Visited Cerros Island and San Quentin Bay, CA.
    • 1881-1883 Trips to the Cape region of Lower CA. Collected new birds and studied avifauna of the region.
    • 1883 Elected an Active Member of the American Ornithologists' Union. Selected by the Committee on Bird Migration to take charge of the migration work in the Pacific District.
    • 1890 Wrote "Land Birds of the Pacific District."
    • 1896 Made an honorary member of the Cooper Ornithological Club.

  16. Bell, L. Neil ( - ) Pseudobranchus axanthus belli Schwartz, 1952 "...of the U of Miami, whose aid in securing the original series cannot be minimized."
    • 1933 Born in Atlanta, GA, April 15th.
    • 1939 Moved to Miami, FL.
    • 1950-1954 Attended University of Miami, FL. BS in Zoology
    • 1950-1958 Collected extensively in the Florida Everglades and Big Cypress area
    • 1952 Collected holotype and paratypes of Pseudobranchus axanthus belli in the Everglades.
    • 1955-1957 Wildlife Biologist for Florida Fish and Game Department, researching Rana grylio and Rana catesbeiana and the effects of restricted water flow and commercial frog hunting.
    • 1958-1960 Served in U.S. Air Force in Minnesota and Montana
    • 1977-1981 Attended University of California at Berkeley. BS in Entomology and PhD graduate student for three years. Published several small papers on acquatic beetles (Dytiscidae and Helmidae)
    • 1960-1991 Data processing director for Kaiser Hospitals, Oakland, California.
    • 1991 Retired and remains intensively interested in herpetology.

  17. Bell, Thomas (1792-1880) Chrysemys picta bellii (Gray, 1831)
    • 1816-1861 Resident, Guy's Hospital, London.
    • Royal College of Surgeons, described as a "dental surgeon and naturalist."
    • 1834 Published the "Monograph of the Testudinata."
    • 1836 Professor Zoology, King's College, London.
    • 1839 Authored "History of British Reptiles."
    • Gave specimens of turtles to Holbrook.

  18. Berlandier, Jean Louis (c1805-1851) Rana berlandieri Baird, 1859 and Gopherus berlandieri (Agassiz, 1857) "Collected by the late Mr. Berlandier, a zealous French naturalist, to whom we are indebted for much of what we know of the natural history of northern Mexico."
    • Born in Belgium.
    • Studied with DeCandolle, author of "Prodomus," a world botany book.
    • 1826 Left Europe for Mexico as a collector for DeCandolle and other Genevese botanists.
    • 1827-1828 Worked for Mexican Government on their survey of eastern TX. It was a very difficult trip and many specimens were lost and destroyed. His work with the Boundary Commission was the first extensive collecting in Texas. Primarily interested in botany, also collected fauna. Contracted malaria which made collecting for his patrons impossible. DeCandolle was not pleased with the condition and quantity of botanical materials. Berlandier stayed in Mexico, settled in Matamoros and married a local woman. Engaged in a pharmaceutical business and made frequent botanical exploration in various parts of Mexico.
    • 1834 Collected in Goliad and Bexar, TX. Lt. Couch reported that Berlandier was well respected in Matamoros and had served as an interpreter to General Arista during the Mexican War. He was in charge of the hospitals at Matamoros during the war. Collected the type specimen of Gopherus berlandieri.
    • 1851 Drowned attempting to cross the San Fernando River, south of Matamoros.
    • 1853 His collection was purchased from his widow by Lt. DN Couch.

  19. Beyer, George Eugene (1861-1926) AHW Necturus beyeri Viosca, 1937 "named for the pioneer student of Louisiana herpetology, the late George E. Beyer."
    • 1861 Born in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
    • 1867-1879 Educated in Germany, left in 1880.
    • 1881-1883 Traveled as a naturalist in Central and South America.
    • 1883 Settled in New Orleans, LA.
    • 1893 Curator of vertebrates, Tulane Museum.
    • 1895-1918 Asst. professor to full professor, Tulane U.
    • 1918-1926 LA State Board of Health (note: Viosca also worked there).
    • President of the LA Naturalists Society and a Member of the US Yellow Fever Institute and Commission to Veracruz, Mexico. He was a special inspector for the Biological Survey of the US Department of Agriculture.

  20. Bishop, Sherman Chauncey (1887-1951) Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi Grobman, 1943 "It is fitting to associate with this hitherto unrecognized salamander the name of Sherman C. Bishop, of the University of Rochester, who has contributed largely to our understanding of the salamanders of the United States."
    • 1887 Born in Sloatsburg, NY, November 18. Spent his childhood by Erie Canal, Clyde, NY.
    • Left high school without graduating after disagreements with local school authorities.
    • Entered Cornell University as a special student in entomology.
    • 1909-1913 Asst. Entomologist, Cornell U.
    • 1912 Member of Cornell Okefenokee Expedition.
    • 1913 BS, Cornell U.
    • 1914-1915 Plant Pathologist and Entomologist, Cornell U.
    • 1915-1916 Biologist, Cornell U.
    • Served during World War I in Naval Intelligence at the Charleston Naval Base.
    • 1916-1928 Zoologist, NY State Museum, at Albany, NY.
    • 1925 PhD, Cornell U.
    • 1928-1951 Asst. Professor Biology to Professor Vertebrate Zoology, U Rochester, NY.
    • 1941 Wrote "Salamanders of NY."
    • 1943 Completed "Handbook of Salamanders," the first serious and comprehensive work on North American salamanders since Cope (1889).
    • Charter member of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.

  21. Blainville, Henri Marie Ducrotay de (1777-1850) Phrynosoma coronatum blainvillii Gray, 1839
    • -1808 Studied medicine and comparative anatomy under Cuvier.
    • 1822 Authored "New classification of animals based on external rather than internal organs."
    • 1830+ Professor of Zoology, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle.
    • 1835 Authored "Description of some species of reptiles from CA."

  22. Blair, William Franklin (W. Frank) (1912-1984) Rana blairi Mecham, Littlejohn, Oldham, Brown and Brown, 1973 "...in honor of W. Frank Blair because of his early suggestion that there were cryptic `Rana pipiens' species in the southwestern United States (a suggestion which lead directly to the discovery of R. blairi in Texas in 1963), and more generally in recognition of his contributions to our knowledge of the systematics and evolutionary biology of anurans."
    • 1912 Born in Dayton, TX, June 25th.
    • 1916-1922 His family moved to a strawberry farm in Oklahoma.
    • 1922-1930 Lived in Tulsa where his interest in biology was influenced by two teachers.
    • Graduated Central High School and entered the U of Tulsa.
    • 1934 BS, U Tulsa.
    • 1935-1936 Moved to Gainesville, MS, U FL.
    • 1935-1937 Asst. Mammal Division, U MI. 1938, PhD, U MI.
    • 1937-1946 Research Associate, Laboratory Vertebrate Biology, U MI.
    • 1941-1946 Drafted into the Army, served in the Air Force Altitude Training and Survival Programs. He taught the use of natural foods and his delight in serving snake, rodent, etc. to high-ranking officers is featured in his recollections.
    • 1946-1955 Asst. Professor to Professor, Zoology, U TX.
    • 1956 VP, American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
    • 1960 Author of "The Rusty Lizard, A Population Study."
    • 1972 Editor, "Evolution in the genus Bufo."
    • 1972 Director of the Breckenridge Field Laboratory, U TX, Austin, TX.
    • Authored 129 articles (19 more with co-authors), 5 books, 8 testimonies before congressional committees, innumerable book reviews and abstracts, and supervised over 100 scientific publications resulting from his student's work, without being listed as co-author.

  23. Blanchard, Frank Nelson (1888-1937) Opheodrys vernalis blanchardi Grobman, 1941 and Acris crepitans blanchardi Harper, 1947
    • 1888 Born in Stoneham, MA. Promoted the careful study of habits and life histories of snakes.
    • 1913 Graduated Tufts U, served as a teaching assistant in botany.
    • 1913-1916 Taught zoology, MA Agricultural College (MA State College), Amherst, MA.
    • 1916 Zoology Fellowship at U MI.
    • Studied with Helen T. Gaige under Alexander Ruthven.
    • 1918-1919 Aide, Division of Reptiles, US National Museum, Smithsonian, worked under Stejneger.
    • 1919 PhD, U MI, thesis was on Lampropeltis.
    • 1920 Returned to U MI to teach zoology.
    • 1922 Wrote "Amphibians and Reptiles of Western Tennessee."
    • 1926 U MI, Asst. Professor.
    • 1927-1928 Sabbatical in New Zealand, Australia and Tasmania, studied tuatara and urged its conservation.
    • 1934 U MI, Assoc. Professor.
    • 1935 Spent a semester with HK Gloyd on a trip through the southwestern and western US. Began work on a manual of the snakes of the US which Dr. Gloyd continued after his death.
    • 1936-1937 VP, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
    • Developed techniques to study live animals in the field and marking techniques.

  24. Blanding, Dr. William (1772-1857) Emydoidea blandingii (Holbrook, 1838) "This animal was first observed by Dr. William Blanding, of Philadelphia, an accurate Naturalist, whose name I have given to the species."
    • 1772 Born at Rehoboth, MA.
    • c1830 Collected the holotype known as: ANSP (Phila, PA) 26123, Illinois Fox River.
    • 1834 He was a "newer member" of the Academy of Natural Sciences (ANSP) at this time.
    • Collected many reptiles for ANSP. And in 1838 Holbrook acknowledged Dr. Blanding "...formerly of Columbia, South Carolina and now residing in Philadelphia for several undescribed reptiles from the South and West."
    • Presented a paper on the "Fecundity of the Bass," ANSP
    • 1857 Died at Rehoboth, MA, October 12th.

  25. Blaney, Valeria Biddle (1828-1856) Virginia valeriae Baird and Girard, 1853
    • 1828 Born July 8 - first cousin of Spencer Fullerton Baird,
    • pre1853 Collected a type specimen of Virginia valeriae for Baird and Girard in Kent County, on the eastern shore of MD.
    • 1856 Married August 20 to Brig. General Washington LaFayette Elliott (1825-29 Jun 1888)
    • Delivered four children: Katherine Blaney Elliott (11 Jul 1858-30 Nov 1932); Frances Vaughan Elliott (22 Oct 1861- ?); George Blaney Elliott (27 Jan 1863-7 Jan 1894); Mary Biddle Elliott (3 Sep 1866- ?)
    • 1900 died May 6 in San Francisco, CA.

  26. Bocourt, Marie Firmin (1819-1904) Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii Boulenger, 1885
    • 1819 Born in France.
    • 1883 Wrote "Etudes sur les poissons" (Studies of fish) with Leon Vaillant.
    • 1870 Co-authored "Etudes sur les reptiles et les batraciens" (Studies of reptiles and amphibians) with Auguste Dumeril.

  27. Bogert, Charles Mitchill (1908-1992) Coleonyx variegatus bogerti Klauber, 1945 Bogertophis Dowling and Price, 1988 "Charles M. Bogert, emeritus curator of the Department of Herpetology of the American Museum of Natural History, in recognition of his many contributions to the systematics of colubrid snakes." Price (1990), Cat. Amer. Amphib. Rept. 497
    • 1908 Born in Mesa, CO, June 4.
    • 1928 Technician, Division of Nature Study, Los Angeles City Schools.
    • 1930 Guide at Rocky Mountain National Park.
    • 1932 Ranger Naturalist, US National Park Service, Grand Canyon.
    • 1934 AB, U CA, Los Angeles, (UCLA).
    • 1934-1936 Teaching assistant at UCLA.
    • 1936 AM, UCLA.
    • 1936-1940 Assistant Curator, Department of Herpetology, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH).
    • 1938 Thermal investigation initiated in Coachella Valley, CA, continued in FL, AZ, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, CA, Bimini Island, TX, Mexico and Arizona again in
    • 1952-1953.
    • 1939 Faunal investigations in Mexico were initiated with a Grant-in-Aid from the Carnegie Corporation. Since then collections have been assembled in nearly every state in Mexico, except those in the Peninsula of Yucatan.
    • 1940-1941 Associate Curator, in Charge of the Department of Herpetology, AMNH.
    • 1941-1942 Vice President, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
    • 1943+ Curator, Department of Herpetology, AMNH.
    • 1944 Studied body temperatures of alligators and lizards in Florida.
    • 1944+ Chairman and Curator, Department of Herpetology, AMNH.
    • 1945 Studied saurian thermoregulation at Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum in AZ.
    • 1946 Initiated explorations in the Mexican state of Coahuila, with K.P. Schmidt of the Field Museum of Natural History.
    • 1946 First president of the Herpetologist's League, appointed by Chapman Grant, founder of the Herpetologists League.
    • 1946-1948 Served as secretary to the Council of the Scientific Staff of the AMNH.
    • 1948-1950 Researches in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Bimini Island, Bahamas.
    • 1949-1951 Dean of the Council of Scientific Staff, AMNH.
    • 1950 Instructor at the Mountain Lake Biological Station of the University of VA.
    • 1951-1953 Traveled in the Southwest: AZ, NM, TX and Mexico.
    • 1952 Scientific investigator at the Mountain Lake Biological Station, U VA.
    • 1952-1954 President, American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
    • 1953 Initiated investigations of the behavioral significance of anuran vocalizations in Chiricahua Mountains,in AZ and in Mexico, continued in Florida (Archbold Biological Station) and in AZ, Mexico, FL, TX, WY, UT, CA, and Ceylon (1965).
    • 1953 Taped recordings of various animals initiated in the Chiricahua Mountains, AZ, during this year led to four long-playing discs issued by Folk Records, including "Sounds of the American Southwest" in 1954, "Sounds of North American Frogs" in 1958, as well as two records of folk music recorded in Mexico in 1958 and 1960.
    • 1954 Continued his researches on alligators in Florida and studied frog calls.
    • 1955 Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for a year's research.
    • 1956-1957 Dean of the Council of Scientific Staff, AMNH.
    • 1960 University of Colorado, lectures to teachers enrolled in Biological Sciences Curriculum Study.
    • 1961-1970 Initiated faunal investigations in Mexican state of Oaxaca.
    • 1965 Traveled to Ceylon. Continued faunal, thermal and behavioral investigations in Mexico.
    • 1966 LLD, UCLA.
    • 1978-1979 Consultant, Los Alamos National Environmental Research Park.
    • 1979+ Has traveled widely in North, South,and Central America, Australia and Africa. Worked on a monograph on the genus Salvadora as well as a revision of the 1956 monograph on Heloderma until his death at home in Santa Fe.

  28. Botta, Paolo Emilio (=Paul Emile) (1802-1870) Charina bottae (Blainville, 1835) 19th Century explorer, archaeologist and diplomat.
    • 1827-1829 Naturalist aboard French merchant ship "Heros."
    • Collected type of Charina bottae in CA.
    • Sent first specimen of roadrunner to France.
    • 1830 Physician to Mohammed Ali.
    • 1833 French consul in Alexandria.
    • 1840 Consular agent in Iraq.
    • 1843-1846 Archaeological pioneer, excavated and identified Khorsabad as Ninevah, discovered Sargon's palace. Found 7th Cent B.C. dictionary for Class III cuneiform script at Kuyunjik.
    • 1847-1846 Wrote "Monuments de Ninive decoverts et decrits par Botta, mesures et dessines par E. Flandin."

  29. Boyle, Dr. Charles Elisha (1821-1870) Rana boylii Baird, 1854
    • 1821 Born in Blacklick Township, Indiana Country, PA, December 12th. The family moved to Columbus, OH. He was educated in local schools, worked at a printing press and as a public school teacher.
    • c1840's Entered Starling Medical College (now included in OH State U College of Medicine).
    • 1847 MD with the second graduating class at Starling.
    • 1848-1849 Caught "goldrush fever" and joined the Columbus and California Industrial Association party as its official physician, travelling the Oregon Trail to CA in summer.
    • 1849-1850 Prospected briefly along the South Fork of the American River, near Coloma, El Dorado County, CA. Apparently spent more time practicing medicine than prospecting. By summer 1850, he had a practice in Placerville, CA. Collected reptile and amphibian specimens which were later sent to the Smithsonian and examined by Baird and Girard. Collected the syntypes, Rana boylii, Eldorado County, CA.
    • 1850-1852 Moved to San Francisco in the fall. Built a sailboat with several friends and sailed it around Cape Horn arriving in Norfolk, VA in April 1852.
    • 1852-1860 Settled in private practice in Columbus until the Civil War.
    • 1860-1865 Served as a surgeon in the 9th OH Regiment. Achieved the rank of Captain. After the war returned to medical practice in Columbus.
    • "Dr. Boyle was an accomplished linguist (fluent in 32 languages) and speaker. Although largely self educated, he was much in demand for local meetings and clubs due to his vast knowledge, phenomenal memory, and often accurate predictions of future events. He also gave much of his time and practice to the poor of the city and as a result never amassed much money and died poor himself" on February 16th, 1870.

  30. Brimley, Clement Samuel (1863-1946) Pseudacris brimleyi Brandt and Walker, 1933 and Desmognathus brimleyorum Stejneger, 1894 (see H.H. Brimley) "Having referred to this interesting novelty - which I dedicate to Messrs. H.H. and C.S. Brimley, from whom the Museum has obtained much interesting material..."
    • 1863 Born in Great Linford, England. Attended Bedford County School at Elstows.
    • 1880 His family migrated to North Carolina and settled at Raleigh. A book on taxidermy inspired CS and his brother HH to begin collecting, preparing and selling natural history specimens.
    • 1907 Authored "Artificial key to the species of snakes and lizards which are found in NC."
    • 1919+ Division of entomology, State Department of Agriculture, Raleigh, NC, became State Museum.
    • 1919 Co-authored "Birds of North Carolina" with HH Brimley and T. Gilbert Pearson.
    • 1926 Authored "Revised key of Amphibians and Reptiles of NC."
    • 1938 U of NC awarded him a Doctor of Laws degree in recognition of his achievements.
    • 1938 Wrote "The Insects of North Carolina< listing more than 10,000 species.
    • Member of the American Ornithologists Union, the Wilson Club, NC Bird Club and other professional societies.

  31. Brimley, Herbert Hutchinson (1861-1946) Desmognathus brimleyorum Stejneger, 1894 (see C.S. Brimley) "Having referred to this interesting novelty - which I dedicate to Messrs. H.H. and C.S. Brimley, from whom the Museum has obtained much interesting material..."
    • 1861 Born in Willington, Bedford, England. Attended Bedford County School at Elstows.
    • 1880 His family migrated to North Carolina and settled at Raleigh. Taught school in a one-room log building on the present Meredith College campus (NC). A book on taxidermy inspired HH and his brother CS to begin collecting, preparing and selling natural history specimens.
    • 1884 Prepared exhibits for the North Carolina Board of Agriculture and Immigration. The work eventually grew into the development of a state museum.
    • 1884-1907 Mounted specimens for the State Centennial Exposition (1884), the Chicago Exposition (1892), the Charleston Exposition (1901), the Saint Louis Exposition (1904), the Boston Food Fair (1906) and the Jamestown Exposition (1907).
    • 1895 Took charge of the NC State Museum. Accommodated exhibits returning from expositions.
    • 1919 Co-authored "The Birds of North Carolina" with CS Brimley and T. Gilbert Pearson.
    • 1941 NC Board of Agriculture designated the library as the "Brimley Library of Natural History."
    • Founder and life member of the North Carolina Academy of Science, The Raleigh Natural History Club, the Raleigh Bird Club and the North Carolina Bird Club.

  32. Brown, Herbert (1848-1913) Phyllorhynchus browni Stejneger, 1890 "...in recognition of his successful researches in that territory (Tucson, AZ)..."
    • 1848 Born in Winchester, VA, March 6.
    • 1873 Moved to Tucson, AZ. Prospected in the desert mountains of AZ and northern Sonora. He had several narrow escapes from Apache Indians and from death by thirst on the waterless plains of that region.
    • pre1890 Collected the type of Phyllorhynchus browni, Tucson, AZ.
    • 1901 Elected a member of the American Ornithologists Union.
    • He was connected with newspapers in Tucson as a reporter, editor and owner.
    • to 1913 President of the Audubon Society of AZ and Clerk of the Superior Court of Pima County.

  33. Brown, Ted L. (1943- ) Sceloporus undulatus tedbrowni Smith, Bell, Applegarth and Chiszar, 1992
    • Born Albuquerque, NM, April 3
    • 1965 BS, U NM
    • 1965-1967 Preventive Medicine Specialist, US Army, Fort Irwin, CA and Republic of Vietnam
    • 1970 MS U NM; research on Sceloporus in Big Bend National Park, TX and on Tantilla cucullata diabola in Texas
    • 1954-present Collected extensively in the southwestern US, northwestern US and the American Midwest.
    • 1963 Co-founder of New Mexico Herpetological Society and 2001 president.
    • 1973-2000 Environmental Specialist in Vector Control, NM Environmental Department, working extensively investigating human and animal cases of plague, hantavirus, other vector-borne diseases; co-author of "A Manual for the Investigation of Plague Cases in New Mexico" and several papers on plague and hantavirus in NM; retired December 2000.
    • "He just recently retired from NM Environment Dept. in Santa Fe after about 25 years of service in their Vector Control Program. Ted's an avid non-professional herpetologist who knows NM intimately and is a walking database of local herp information (and he'll gladly share it with you). J.N. Stuart"

  34. Bunker, Charles Dean (1870-1948) Holbrookia maculata bunkeri Smith, 1935
    • educated at a grammer school, Bunker was interested in all forms of zoology
    • 1895 Taxidermist Kansas Natural History Museum
    • 1907 Assistant Curator University of Kansas Natural History Museum
    • discovered the fossil of a mosasaur
    • 1913 published "The Birds of Kansas"
    • Became Curator of Birds and Mammals at the Museum
    • Did not publish as much as some of his colleagues; reportedly encouraging his students (a who's who of natural history for the next 50 years) to take credit for their discoveries while under his wing. Developed the dermestid beetle method of cleaning specimens.

  35. Burt, Charles Earle (1904-1963) Cnemidophorus burti Taylor, 1938
    • 1904 Born at Neodesha, KS, August 12th.
    • 1927 MS, Kansas State U.
    • 1927 U MI, Student of HT Gaige, FN Blanchard, and AG Ruthven.
    • 1930 PhD, U MI.
    • 1930 Collected holotype of Eumeces inexpectatus, 7 March, Citrus County, FL.
    • 1930-1931 Trinity College, Waxahachie, TX.
    • 1931-c1944 Southwestern College, Winfield KS.
    • 1932 Wrote the Amphibian and Reptiles section of report on the AMNH Whitney Expedition to the Pacific Islands. Received a grant in aid from the National Research Council to prepare an illustrated key to the lizards of the US and Canada.
    • 1936 Published "A key to the lizards of the US and Canada."
    • Manager, Quivira Specialties Co., Topeka, KS.
    • At Kansas State College at Quivira, authored more than 80 scientific papers, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Society of Zoologists.
    • 1963 Died of cancer, July 13th.

  36. Butler, Amos William (1860-1937) Thamnophis butleri (Cope, 1889)
    • 1860 Born in Brookville, IN, October 1.
    • 1881 One of the founders of the Brookville Society of Natural History.
    • 1891 Author of "Birds of Indiana," revised 1898.
    • 1894 AB, IN U.
    • 1896-1897 Ornithologist, Department of Geology and Resources of IN.
    • 1897-1923 Secretary of IN Board State Charities.
    • 1900 AM, IN U.
    • 1905 Lecturer on economics, Purdue U.
    • LLD, Hanover College.
    • 1922 LLD, IN U.
    • 1930 Founder International Commission on Mental Hygiene.
    • A founder of American Anthropology Society and American Association of Mammalogists, IN Audubon Society, and the Academy of Sciences of IN.

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  37. Cagle, Fred Ray (1915-1968) Graptemys caglei Haynes and McKown, 1974 "We name it in memory of Fred R. Cagle whose research greatly increased our knowledge of Graptemys and turtles of the southern states in general."
    • 1937-1938 Asst. Professor, U MI.
    • 1938-1940 Southern IL Normal U, Carbondale, IL (now Southern IL University).
    • 1940+ Asst. Professor, Tulane U, herpetologist.
    • 1943 Lt., Army Air Corps.
    • 1944 Captain, Army Air Corps.
    • 1950 Professor of Zoology and Chairman of the Graduate Department of Zoology, Tulane U.
    • 1952 Published relationship between Graptemys pulchra and Graptemys barbouri.
    • 1954 Described Graptemys nigrinoda from Mobile Bay, AL drainage.
    • 1955-1959 Editor in chief, Copeia.
    • 1959-1963 Associate editor, "American Midland Naturalist."
    • 1959 Received Darwin medal, USSR Academy of Sciences.
    • 1961-1963 Member UNESCO.
    • Published on habits and physiology of various Illinois turtles.

  38. Camp, Charles Lewis (1893-1975) Batrachoseps campi Marlow, Brode and Wake, 1979 "The new species is named in honor of the late Charles L. Camp, herpetologist, paleontologist, and historian, who contributed greatly to our knowledge of the American West. Prof. Camp discovered the genus Hydromantes in the New World... and very early recognized the diversification within the genus Batrachoseps in his description of Batrachoseps major."
    • 1893 Born in Jamestown, ND.
    • 1906-1910 Studied at Throop Polytechnic Institute.
    • 1908-1915 Asst., Museum Vertebrate Zoology, Columbia U.
    • 1915 AB, U CA.
    • 1915 Collected type of Bufo canorus, Yosemite National Park, CA.
    • 1916-1917 Asst., Department of Zoology, Columbia U.
    • 1918-1919 1st Lt. American Expeditionary Forces, served in Europe, South Africa and China.
    • 1919-1921 Asst., American Museum of Natural History, NY.
    • 1921 AM, Columbia U.
    • 1922-1924 Research Associate, U CA.
    • 1922-1930 Field Artillery Reserve.
    • 1923 PhD, Columbia U.
    • 1923 Published "Classification of the Lizards."
    • 1924-1939 Asst. to Assoc. Professor, U CA.
    • 1931-1949 Director of the Museum of Paleontology, U CA.
    • 1935 John Guggenheim Foundation Fellow.
    • 1940-1949 Professor and Chair, Department of Paleontology, U CA.
    • 1943+ Coast Guard Reserve.
    • Member of the California Academy of Sciences, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, and the California Folklore Society.
    • Wrote "James Clyman: American Frontiersman," an invaluable source of information on early explorations of the American west.

  39. Camp, Robert Denham (1867-1929) Syrrhophus cystignathoides campi Stejneger, 1915*
    • Was secretary of "American Ornithologists" as shown by minutes in the Auk, Vol. 5, Number 2, pages 220 to 224.

  40. Catesby, Mark (1679/83-1749) Rana catesbeiana Shaw, 1802
    • 1712-1719 Studied flora and fauna of Virginia. He was one of the first English naturalists working on Southeastern US Coastal Plain.
    • 1719 Returned to England.
    • 1722-1725 Traveled in SC, GA, FL.
    • c1724 Identified a mammoth fossil.
    • 1726 Visited Bahamas and returned to England.
    • 1731-1748 Produced the "Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands" with 200 color plates, Vol. I in 1731, Vol. 2 in 1743, and the Appendix in 1748. Combined illustrations showing birds in natural environments. Studied reptiles, etc. on Isle of Providence. Illustrated book on American insects, died in London.

  41. Clark, John Henry, Lt. (1830?- ) Sceloporus clarkii Baird and Girard, 1852; Pseudacris clarkii (Baird, 1854) and Nerodia fasciata clarkii (Baird and Girard, 1853)
    • c1830 Born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
    • c1844 Student of SF Baird at Dickinson College.
    • 1850-1855 Zoologist, US/Mexican Boundary Survey, under Colonel JD Graham.
    • While surveying, Clark and Schott made very fine zoological collections. Their vertebrates contained possibly 100 new species.
    • c1852 Collected type of Crotalus molossus at Fort Webster, NM.
    • c1852 Collected type of Rana areolata for Baird and Girard in Calhoun County, TX; and type of Eumeces obsoletus, Rio San Pedro, TX. Worked in MD, TX, NM and Sonora, Mexico.

  42. Conant, Roger (1909- ) Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti Gloyd, 1969 and Desmognathus fuscus conanti Rossman, 1958 "Named for Roger Conant, Zoological Society of Philadelphia in recognition of his contributions to herpetology."
    • 1909 Born in Mamaroneck, N.Y.
    • Academic course in biology at the U Pa terminated by causes stemming from the Great Depression.
    • 1929-1933 Curator of Reptiles, Toledo Zoological Park, Toledo, OH.
    • 1933-1935 General Curator, Toledo Zoological Park.
    • 1935-1973 Curator of Reptiles, Philadelphia Zoo, Philadelphia, PA.
    • 1936-1966 Public Relations Counsel and Membership Secretary, Philadelphia Zoo.
    • 1936-1969 Wrote and presented a 15 minute, weekly, educational, radio program entitled "Let's visit the Zoo" for KYW in Philadelphia, PA.
    • 1938+ Research Associate, Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia.
    • 1938-1940 Consultant for the American Philosophical Society.
    • 1943-1945 Served in the Volunteer Port Security Force of the US Coast Guard.
    • 1948+ Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History.
    • 1953-1958 Secretary of Philadelphia Conservationists, a group active in preserving wildlife habitats in PA, NJ and DE.
    • 1957-1973 Vice-President of the Ludwick Institute, which provides educational opportunities for children.
    • 1961-1973 Secretary of Philadelphia Conservationists, a group active in preserving wildlife habitats in PA, NJ and DE.
    • 1967-1973 Director, Philadelphia Zoo.
    • 1971 Sc.D. (hon.) from U CO.
    • 1973 A plaque was dedicated in the Reptile House of the Philadelphia Zoo, designating the natural habitat settings throughout the building as the "Roger Conant Exhibits."
    • 1973+ Adjunct (Full) Professor of Biology, U NM.
    • 1983 Delivered the Distinguished Herpetologist's Lecture, Herpetologists' League, U UT, Salt Lake City, Aug. 8th.
    • National consultant for reptile study, and author of the reptile Merit Badge pamphlet for the Boy Scouts of America. Past-President of the Museum Council of Philadelphia, an organization of all cultural museums and similar institutions in that metro area. Past-president and former Secretary of the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (AAZPA). Editor of the Zoo Section of Parks and Recreation magazine, (AAZPA) for 20 years. Served on the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Park Executives, formerly affiliated with AAZPA. Editor of Fauna, the magazine of the Philadelphia Zoo, during its ten years of publication. Editor of America's First Zoo which succeeded Fauna, for 18 years. President of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH). Secretary and Vice President of ASIH.
    • until 1956 Chairman of Committee on Standardization of Common Names for North American Amphibians and Reptiles (results published in 1956).
    • Author of 198 primarily herpetological papers, including a monograph on the water snakes of Mexico, many popular articles, and three books. Contributions have been published in eight countries. Wrote literally hundreds of short articles, many of which are not signed by him.
    • Wrote "The Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America."
    • Conducted extensive field work on reptiles and amphibians, largely in the US and Mexico, but also to a lesser extent in Africa and Asia. Has visited and consulted natural history collections worldwide.
    • Served as a member of the National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, for three years.
    • Member of many scientific and cultural organizations from whom he has received numerous awards and honors.
    • Received three grants from the National Science Foundation for field research on reptiles and amphibians in Mexico.
    • 1989 Published "Snakes of the Agkistrodon Complex," a monograph begun by Dr. Conant and the late Dr. HK Gloyd in the early 1930's.

  43. Cope, Edward Drinker (1840-1897) Dicamptodon copei Nussbaum, 1970; Bufo americanus copei Yarrow and Henshaw, 1878; Gambelia wislizenii copeii (Yarrow, 1882) and Cemophora coccinea copei Jan, 1863
    • Studied at Friends School, Westtown, PA.
    • 1859 Studied under Baird at Smithsonian, Washington, DC.
    • 1863-1864 Studied in Europe, at the British Museum and Jardin des Plantes.
    • 1864-1867 Professor of Comparative Zoology and Botany, Haverford College.
    • 1865 Curator, Philadelphia Academy Natural Sciences.
    • 1869-1870 "Systematic Arrangement of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptiles and Aves of North America."
    • 1870 Paleontologist US Geological Survey, discovered 100's of new species of extinct vertebrates.
    • 1874 Paleontologist with the Wheeler Survey West of 100th Meridian.
    • 1878+ Owner and senior naturalist, "American Naturalist."
    • 1889-1895 Professor Geology and Mineralogy, U PA.
    • 1895-1897 Professor Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, U PA.
    • 1896 President, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
    • Wrote 1395 papers in his lifetime.
    • Alleged to have died of syphilis, also to be the type for genus Homo sapiens; at least the latter is an "urban legend."
    • Biographies: (1) Osborn, "Cope: Master Naturalist," 1931, Princeton U Press; Copeia, 1932, #1, pp. 39-41; (2) Copeia, 1940, #2, pp. 60-69; Davis, W.H. "Edward Drinker Cope, Herpetologist," Bull. of the Antivenin Inst. of America, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 71-80, May 1932.

  44. Couch, Darius Nash (1822-1897) Thamnophis couchii (Kennicott, 1859) and Scaphiopus couchii Baird, 1854. Geiser wrote that the species were named "in honor of its indefatigable discoverer, Lt. D.N. Couch, who, at his own risk and cost, undertook a journey into northern Mexico, when the country was swarming with bands of mauraders, and made large collections in all branches of zoology..."
    • 1822 Born on a farm, Putnam County, NY.
    • 1846 Graduated US Military Academy, West Point, NY.
    • 1846 Commissioned in 4th Artillery, sent to Mexico.
    • 1847 Fought in the Battle of Buena Vista, promoted to 1st Lt. for gallantry.
    • 1853 Personal expedition to northern Mexico, collected for Smithsonian, collected type of Scaphiopus couchii. Purchased Berlandier's papers, herbarium and zoological and mineral collections from his widow. Shipped some to Smithsonian and sent part of the plant collection to Switzerland. By early 1854, he had returned to Washington, DC.
    • 1855 Resigned his Army commission.
    • 1855-1857 Merchant in New York City.
    • 1858-1861 Manufacturer in Norton, MA.
    • 1861-1863 Volunteered - Colonel 7th MA Infantry, appointed Brigadier General of volunteers.
    • Offered resignation due to ill health, but was promoted to Major General of volunteers.
    • 1863-1864 Assigned to PA.
    • 1865 In charge of the ceremonies of consecration National Cemetery of Gettysburg.
    • Unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor, MA.
    • 1866-1867 Collector of the Port of Boston.
    • 1867-1877 President of a VA mining and manufacturing company.
    • 1877-1878 Quartermaster General of the state of CT.
    • 1883-1884 Adjutant General of the state of CT.
    • Biography: Conant, Roger, American Museum Novitates, #2350, 10-4-1968.

  45. Couper, James Hamilton (1794-1866) Drymarchon corais couperi (Holbrook, 1842)
    • Emigrated to Georgia from Scotland.
    • 1804 Bought land in GA, his father had a large plantation on San Simeon Island, GA.
    • 1814 Graduated Yale. Spent time in Holland studying water control. One of first US farmers to conduct plantation on basis of scientific research and experimentation.
    • 1829 Built modern sugar mill at Hopeton, GA.
    • 1838 Changed crop from sugar to rice. Introduced exotic plants including Bermuda grass, now the principle grass in Georgia.
    • pre1842 Collected holotype, Drymarchon corais couperi, Altamahara River area, GA.
    • 1842 Presented paper to Academy Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.
    • 1846 Wrote on geology of a part of the sea coast of GA.
    • 1846 Presented on fossils at Chatahoochie River, GA to Boston Society of Natural History.
    • c1861 The Civil War destroyed his way of life. He opposed secession, but all 5 of his sons enlisted in the Confederate Army. 2 were killed. Couper died broken financially and spiritually. He is buried on San Simeon Island.

  46. Cowles, Raymond Bridgeman (1896-1975) Sceloporus undulatus cowlesi Lowe and Norris, 1956 "Named in honor of Professor Raymond B. Cowles of the University of California, Los Angeles."
    • 1896 Born in South Africa
    • 1975 Died in the US.

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  47. Daniels, Lewis Ernest (1886-1955) Gyrinophilus porphryriticus danielsi (Blatchley, 1901) "Two specimens are in the writer's collection from Sevier County, TN, collected by Mr. L.E. Daniels to whom I dedicate the species."
    • 1886 Born in Cambridge, MA.
    • 1903 Ringe Manual Training School of Cambridge, MA.
    • 1911 BS, U MI.
    • 1920 MD, Harvard U.
    • 1920-1921 Surgery internship.
    • 1921-1922 Obstetrics and gynecology residency at U MI, Ann Arbor.
    • 1922-1934 Instructor, School of Medicine, U MI and part time Asst. Professor.
    • 1925-1955 Private practice in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
    • 1925-1929 Chief, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Grace Hospital, Detroit, MI.
    • 1928 Chief, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's Hospital, Detroit, MI.
    • 1953-1955 Consultant, Mount Sinai Hospital, Detroit, MI.
    • 1954-1955 Consultant, William Beaumont Hospital, Detroit, MI.
    • He was a Republican, Episcopalian and was active in the American Boxer Club and judged many dog shows throughout the US.

  48. DeKay, James Ellsworth (1792-1851) Storeria dekayi (Holbrook, 1836)
    • 1792 Born in Lisbon, Portugal.
    • 1819 MD, U Edinburgh, Scotland.
    • 1821 Wrote about "Ophisaurus on the borders of Lake MI."
    • 1825 Curator, Literary and Philosophical Society of NY, NYC.
    • 1833 Wrote "Travels in Turkey."
    • 1836-1844 Commissioned to write zoological sections-Natural History of NY.
    • 1840-1846 VP, Lyceum of Natural History of NY.
    • 1842-1844 "Zoology of New York," volume 3, Reptiles and Amphibians.
    • Collected a specimen of Storeria dekayi while it was "swimming across a large bay on the Northern coast of Long Island."

  49. Dixon, James Ray (1928 - ) Cnemidophorus dixoni Scudday, 1973 "Patronym for Dr. James R. Dixon who has contributed much to our understanding of the herpetology of the Southwest."
    • 1928 Born in Houston, TX.
    • 1950 BS, Howard Payne College.
    • 1954-1955 Curator of Reptiles, Ross Allen Reptile Institute.
    • 1957 MS, Texas A and M University.
    • 1959-1961 Assoc. Professor, Veterinary Medicine, Texas A and M University, where he is affectionately known as "Bwana Jim."
    • 1961 PhD, Zoology, Texas A and M University.
    • 1961-1965 Asst. Professor, Wildlife Management, NM State U.
    • 1964-1965 Consultant, NM State Game and Fisheries Department.
    • 1965-1967 Curator of Herpetology, Life Sciences Division, Los Angeles County Museum, CA.
    • 1971+ Professor, Wildlife and Fisheries Science, Texas A and M University U.
    • 1987 Published "Amphibians and Reptiles of Texas." Specializes in: zoogeography, systematics and ecology of geckos.

  50. Douglas, David (1799-1834) Phrynosoma douglasi (Bell, 1833) "...was found by Mr. David Douglass [sic] in the course of his late indefatigable and productive researches in the western parts of North America...[including] on the southern parts of the Columbia river."
    • A Perthshire botanist who travelled more than 10,000 miles in pursuit of new species
    • 1799 Born December 30 northwest of Perth, Scotland
    • Apprentice gardener at 3rd Earl of Mansfield's Scone Palace
    • College in Glasgow
    • 1824-1827 Plant hunting in the Pacific Northwest, on behalf of the Royal Horticultural Society, collected and brought into cultivation 240 species from Washington, Oregon and extreme northern California including the Douglas-fir, Sitka Spruce, Sugar Pine, Western White Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Lodgepole Pine, Monterey Pine, Grand Fir, Noble Fir and several other conifers and smaller flora including the flowering currant, Salal, Lupin, Penstemon and California poppy.
    • 1825-1827 Used Fort Vancouver as a base for botanizing expeditions
    • 1830 Returned to Columbia River area
    • 1832-1833 Another trip to the Columbia River area
    • 1834 On his third trip to Hawai'i, then-named "the Sandwich Islands," he was found dead under mysterious circumstances after correctly calculating the height of Mauna Kea by climbing it and measuring. The official story of how he met his end is that he fell into a pit trap for wild cattle and was trampled.

  51. Drayton, Joseph (1795-1856) Rana aurora draytonii Baird and Girard, 1852
    • 1819-1838 Worked in Philadelphia as an engraver when one of his engravings was published in "Analectic Magazine."
    • 1820-1835 Listed in Philadelphia City Directory.
    • Draftsman on US Exploring Expedition for $2,000.00 per year.
    • 1838-1842 Artist on Wilke's US Exploring Expedition.
    • 1841 Collector of the specimens, at San Francisco, CA and on Columbia River.
    • On the conclusion of the US Exploring Expedition, he may have gone to Washington to work on illustrations for the reports of the Expedition.

  52. Dumeril, Auguste Henri Andre (1812-1870) Eleutherodactylus augusti (Duges, 1879) Professor of Herpetology and Ichthyology, Museum of Natural History, Paris.
    • 1812 Born in Paris, France.
    • 1844-1846 Professor, Faculty of Sciences, Chantal College (?).
    • 1847 Professor, Geology, Chantal College.
    • 1857 Professor, Herpetology, Paris Botanical Garden (Jardin des Plantes).
    • Professor, Paris School of Medicine and a member of the French Academy of Sciences.
    • Created first menagerie (vivarium) of reptiles at Jardin des Plantes. Observed transformation of an axolotl into a terrestrial salamander giving rise to the concept of neoteny.
    • 1865-1870 Wrote "Historie naturell des poissons" (Natural history of fish).
    • 1870+ Worked on the Reptile Section of the "Mision Scientifique," 1 of 2 major works on herpetology in Central America until his death in the Siege of Paris by the Germans.

  53. Dunn, Emmett Reid (1894-1956) Plethodon dunni Bishop, 1934 and Gyrinophilus porphyriticus dunni Mittleman and Jopson, 1941 "...in honor of E.R. Dunn whose careful studies of salamanders have been so useful to all herpetologists.
    • 1894 Born in Alexandria, VA.
    • Encouraged by Leonhard Stejneger at the National Museum, Smithsonian, Washington, DC.
    • 1915 AB, Haverford College
    • 1916 MA, Haverford College
    • 1916-1928 Zoology assistant, Smith College.
    • 1917 Failed for a commission in the army, because his week-end pursuit of snakes and salamanders was unbecoming to an officer candidate.
    • 1917-1918 Commissioned as an ensign, US Navy.
    • 1918 Published "A preliminary list of the Reptiles and Amphibians of VA."
    • 1921 PhD, Harvard U. Worked with Thomas Barbour at the Museum of Comparative Zoology.
    • 1924-1929 Secretary, Journal of American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and second Editor of Copeia.
    • 1926 Completed "Salamanders of the Family Plethodontidae."
    • 1928 John Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship enabled him to study salamanders and caecilians in London, Paris, and Berlin.
    • 1930-1931 President, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
    • 1934+ Professor, Biology, Haverford College.
    • 1937+ Honorary Curator of Reptiles and Amphibians, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.
    • 1942 Author of "American Caecilians."
    • c1944 Curator Herpetology, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.Noted authority on Colombian herpetofauna.
    • Expedition herpetologist for American Museum of Natural History to Komodo.
    • Member of the Explorer's Club.
    • Library and personal papers at Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL.

  54. Dury, Ralph (1899- ) Gyrinophilus porphyriticus duryi (Weller, 1930) "...in honor of Mr. Ralph Dury, director of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History and of the Junior Society of Natural Sciences to whose practical ability and untiring and unselfish efforts, both these organizations owe their present existence and for whom I entertain the greatest admiration and esteem."
    • 1899 Born in Cincinnati, OH.
    • 1918-1975 Director of the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History.
    • 1928 Founded Junior Society of Natural History.
    • 1930 Collected type specimens of Gyrinophilus porphyriticus duryi.
    • 1958 Awarded (hon.) MS, U Cincinnati.
    • Directed museum projects and exhibits including archaeological digs, planetariums and more.
    • 1976 Awarded (hon.) PhD, U Cincinnati.

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  55. Edwards, George (1694-1773) Diadophis punctatus edwardsii (Merrem, 1820) Collected the type specimen.
    • 1694 Born in Stratford, West Hampshire, Essex, England, April 7th.
    • Ornithologist. Librarian to the Royal College of Physicians.
    • Correspondent of Linnaeus and revised Catesby's "Natural History of Carolina."
    • 1773 Died in Plaistow, July 23rd. Buried in West Hampton.

  56. Edwards, Lewis A. ( - ) Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii (Baird and Girard, 1853)
    • 1824 or 1825 Born in District of Columbia.
    • 1842 Graduated College of New Jersey
    • 1846-1848 Assistant Surgeon U.S. Army awith the Army of Invasion and Occupation of Mexico.
    • 1848-1854 Various military postings.
    • 1852-1854 Collected types of Eurycea multiplicata, Red River, Arkansas, described by Cope.
    • c1853 Dr. Edwards collected type specimen of Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii at Tamaulipas, Mexico.
    • c1854 Collected for the Smithsonian on the Pacific Railroad Surveys.
    • 1854-1856 In the office of the Surgeon-General, Washington, DC.
    • 1856-1962 Attending Surgeon, Washington, DC.
    • 1863 Hospital duty, Portsmouth Grove, RI.
    • 1864-1869 Continued to work in military medicine, including postings to various hospitals and retirement boards.
    • 1866-1869 Chief Medical Officer Bureau Freedmen, Refugees, and Abandoned Lands, Department of Washington, DC.
    • 1870 On Census at Austin, TX
    • 1877 Died in Washington, DC on November 8.

  57. Emory, William Hemsley (1811-1887) Elaphe guttata emoryi (Baird and Girard, 1853) and Trionyx spiniferus emoryi (Agassiz, 1857)
    • 1831 Graduated, US Military Academy, West Point.
    • 1831-1836 Stationed at sea ports.
    • 1836-1838 On duty in the Creek Nation.
    • 1838 Commissioned 1st Lt., Topographical Engineers.
    • 1838 Married Matilda Wilkins Bach, great-granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin.
    • 1844-1846 Served as principle assistant on Northeastern Boundary Survey between US and Canada.
    • 1846 Emory's Reconnaissance from Fort Leavenworth to San Diego. A formidable caravan followed. One census reports 1556 wagons and nearly 20,000 oxen, "beeves," horses and mules all slogging through the worst deserts of the trail. There was little grass or water and the temperatures reached 120 degrees F.
    • Chief Engineering Officer and Acting Assistant Adjutant General, Army of the West, Mexican War.
    • 1847-1848 US/Mexican Boundary Survey, Major, US Army Corps of Topographical Engineers.
    • 1848-1853 Chief Astronomer for California/Mexican Boundary Survey.
    • 1853 Collected mammals for Smithsonian along Rio Grande.
    • 1861 Commanded troops in Indian Territory.
    • 1862 Appointed Brigadier General.
    • 1865-1866 Commanded the Department of WV.
    • 1869-1871 Commanded the Department of Washington.
    • 1871-1875 Commanded the Department of the Gulf.
    • 1876 Retired the Army as a Brigadier General after 45 years of service.
    • Emory Peak in Big Bend National Park, Texas named in his honor.

  58. Engels, William Louis (1905- ) Nerodia sipedon williamengelsi (Conant and Lazell, 1973)
    • 1905 Born in Green Bay, WI.
    • 1929-1931 Asst. Biology, Notre Dame U.
    • 1930 BS, Notre Dame U.
    • 1930-1932 Instructor, Notre Dame U.
    • 1934-1937 Asst., U CA.
    • 1937 PhD, Vertebrate Zoology, U CA.
    • 1937-1939 Instructor, U NC.
    • 1939-1941 Asst. Professor, U NC.
    • 1941-1971 Assoc. Professor to Professor, U NC.
    • 1971+ Professor Emeritus, U NC.

  59. * Ernst, Carl ( - ) Graptemys ernsti Lovich and McCoy, 1992 Escambia Map Turtle
    • need his vita

  60. Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich von (1793-1831) Ensatina eschscholtzii Gray, 1850
    • 1793 Born at Dorpat, Russia, November 1st.
    • 1801 By age 8 was collecting beetles and plants
    • 1812-1815 Studied medicine at U of Dorpat.
    • 1815-1818 Circumnavigated the globe on the Rurik with Capt. Kotzebue.
    • 1816 Arrived at San Francisco Bay, October 1st and stayed to November 1st. Collected at the Presidio and the Mission. Sailed for the Sandwich Islands [Hawaii].
    • -1818 Visited the Philippines, Brazil and Chile.
    • 1819-1822 Professor and director of the Zoological Cabinet, U Dorpat.
    • 1823-1826 Second trip with Kotzube in the Predpriaetie (Enterprise), as chief naturalist. Visited the tropics, Unalaska, Sitka and California.
    • 1826 "Descriptions of new plants of California."
    • 1828+ Professor of Zoology, Professor Extraordinary of Medicine, U Dorpat.
    • 1829-1833 Published "Zoologischer Atlas" a report of the zoological collections of the Predpiatie on its second circum-global voyage. After his death in 1831, the work was finished by Dr. M.A. Rathke.
    • Member of the Moscow Society of Naturalists.
    • A genus of California Poppy, an atoll in the Marshall Islands and a bay in Alaska honor him.

  61. Etheridge, Richard Emmett (1929- ) Coluber constrictor etheridgei Wilson, 1970
    • 1929 Born in Houston, TX.
    • Discovered the type of Coluber constrictor etheridgei during his last year in high school.
    • Sent the specimens, notes and maps to Larry David Wilson who described the species, naming it in honor of Dr. Etheridge.
    • 1951 BS, Zoology, Botany minor, Tulane U. 1952, MS.
    • 1952-1956 Sonarman on active dury with the U.S. Navy. Honorable discharge, 1960.
    • 1958-1959 Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, U MI.
    • 1959 PhD, Zoology, Paleontology minor, U MI.
    • 1959&1961 Lecturer, Zoology, U of Southern CA (USC).
    • 1960-1961 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, U Southern CA.
    • 1960+ Research Associate, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.
    • 1961-1970 Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, San Diego State U.
    • 1962+ Research Associate, San Diego Museum of Natural History.
    • 1963 Interim Curator of Herpetology, The Florida State Museum.
    • 1963-1964 Index editor of Copeia, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
    • 1968+ Professor, Department of Zoology (now Biology) San Diego State U.
    • 1969-1972 Chairman, Department of Biology, San Diego State U.
    • 1970+ Professor of Zoology, San Diego State University.
    • Specialist: comparative osteology, systematics and evolution of lizards; late Cenozoic fossils.
    • Member of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science among other professional societies. Fellow member of the Herpetologists League and the San Diego Natural History Society. Has received grants to study osteology of lizards, changes in the vertebrate fauna of Mexico during the Pleistocene, and the evolution of South American iguanas.

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  62. Fitch, Henry Sheldon (1909- ) Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi Fox, 1951 "...after Henry Fitch who recognized the validity of the race and described it fully and who has contributed so much to our understanding of the complex taxonomic relationships of the Pacific coast garter snakes."
    • 1909 Born in Utica, NY.
    • 1930 BA, U OR.
    • 1931-1937 Graduate work at the U of CA, Berkeley under Joseph Grinnell.
    • 1933 MA, U CA, "Systematics and Ecology of the Alligator Lizards in the Western US."
    • 1937 PhD, Zoology, U CA, "Biogeographical Study of the Ordinoides Artenkreis of Garter Snakes."
    • 1937-1938 Wildlife technician, Hastings Wildlife Reserve.
    • 1938-1947 Biologist, US Department of Fish and Wildlife, became rodent ecologist.
    • 1938-1946 San Joaquin Experimental Range, Madera County, CA (SJER).
    • 1940-1946 Left SJER, drafted into Army (April). Released from the Army as overage (26+), returned to SJER. Reinducted in Army, 1941. Served in the Medical Corps as pharmacist and medical technician. Stationed in Wales, England, Scotland, France and Germany during WWII until discharged in 1945. Returned to SJER, 1946.
    • 1947 Transferred by Fish and Wildlife to Louisiana, headquartered at Leesville.
    • 1947 Described Eumeces gilberti cancellosus as 2nd author with Thomas L. Rodgers. He had collected the type May 4th, 1937 in Alameda County, CA.
    • 1948+ Resigned from Fish and Wildlife and took position at U KS as the Superintendent, U KS Natural History Reservation, taught ecology. Studies snakes and lizards, focusing on reproductive ecology. Has guided numerous graduate students studying diverse animal groups including chiggers, spiders, snails, especially mammals and herpetofauna.
    • 1948-1959 Instructor, Zoology, U KS.
    • 1959+ Professor, Zoology, U KS.
    • Member of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, and Herpetologist's League. Described 4 Gerrhonotus, 7 Anolis, 2 Thamnophis, and Eumeces g. cancellosus.
    • 1964+ Travels in the tropics frequently. Herpetological projects in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic.
    • 1976 Described a new pholeid spider as second author with former student, O. Eugene Maughan.

  63. Fowler, Samuel Page (1799-1844) Bufo woodhousii fowleri Hinckley, 1882
    • 1799 Born in Newburgh, NY. Cousin of Frederick Ward Putnam.
    • 1800 PA Medical College, Philadelphia, PA.
    • Acquired about 4000 acres of the Sterling Hill, NJ, formation. Encouraged the visits of mineralogists, geologists and chemists including Gerald Troost.
    • 1825 Discovered Fowlerite and Franklinite minerals.
    • 1827 Member of the New Jersey Council.
    • 1833-1837 Member of the US House of Representatives, Jackson Democrat, NJ.
    • Owner and developer of Zinc Mines, Franklin, NJ. Owner of Franklin Furnace Iron Works.

  64. Fox, Charles, Rev. (1815-1854) Coluber constrictor foxii (Baird and Girard, 1853) and Elaphe vulpina Baird and Girard, 1853 "larger specimen collected by Rev. Chas. Fox, Grosse Ile, MI."
    • Collected type of Coluber constrictor foxii at Grosse Ile, Wayne County, MI, pre1853.
    • Roger Conant wrote, "I might suggest that Baird and Girard applied vulpina as a patronymic in honor of the Rev. Charles Fox, the collector of the specimens they mentioned. If this be true, then they translated his name instead of latinizing it."
    • Bibliography: Swales, B.H. The ornithological writings of C. Fox. Univ. Mich. Mus. of Zool. Occ. Papers, #26, April 15, 1916, 2 pages.

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  65. Gaige, Helen Beulah Thompson (1890-1976) Eumeces multivirgatus gaigeae Taylor, 1935 and Pseudemys scripta gaigeae Hartweg, 1939 "While engaged in a study of the herpetofauna of the Big Bend region of TX during the summer of 1928, Mrs. HT Gaige obtained a pseudemid turtle exhibiting a distinctive pattern. For reasons too numerous to enumerate here, I take great pleasure in associating the collector's name with this form."
    • Studied with FN Blanchard under Ruthven at U MI.
    • 1910-1918 Asst., Museum, U MI.
    • 1918-1923 Asst. Curator, Reptiles and Amphibians, U MI.
    • 1923+ Curator of Amphibians, U MI.
    • 1928 Co-authored "The herpetology of MI" with AG Ruthven.
    • 1937+ Editor in chief of Copeia.
    • c1944 Curator of Herpetology, Museum of Zoology, U MI.
    • Instrumental in organizing American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.

  66. Gambel, William, Jr. (1821/23-1849) Gambelia Baird, 1859
    • 1821 Born in New Jersey although another source says:
    • 1823 Born in Philadelphia, PA.
    • 1838-1839 Accompanied Thomas Nuttall on a journey through the South, especially NC.
    • 1840-1841 Lived in Cambridge while Nuttall delivered lectures on botany. Collected in ME.
    • Returned home to Philadelphia.
    • 1841 Crossed North America on Santa Fe trail then went with the Workman party over the Mormon Trail to California. Collected specimens for Nuttall.
    • 1842- Assumed the post of secretary to Commodore Jones of the Pacific Fleet of the US Navy. Collected on the west coasts of north and south America and on the Sandwich Islands.
    • 1843 Named Nuttall's woodpecker for Thomas Nuttall. Gambel's writings are important early works on the ornithology of California. Gambel's Quail is named in his honor.
    • c1848 Received medical degree from U PA. Married Catherine Towson. Went overland, via the Oregon Trail to the western slope of the Sierras. Encountered placer miners sick with typhoid and contracted the disease while trying to treat them.
    • 1849 Died of typhoid fever on Feather River, CA, December 13.

  67. Garman, Samuel Walton (1843-1927) Sceloporus undulatus garmani Boulenger, 1882 "In honor of Dr. S. Garman of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, who sent five living specimens" [to the British Museum].
    • 1843 Born in Indiana County, PA. Left home as a boy, worked on Pacific Railroad Survey, for Union Pacific Railroad.
    • 1870 Graduated, IL State U, Normal IL. Principal of MS Normal School.
    • 1871-1872 Professor, Natural Science, Ferry Hall Seminary, Lake Forest, IL.
    • 1872 Special student of Louis Agassiz.
    • 1873+ Asst. Herpetology and Ichthyology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard U.
    • 1874 Explored South America with Alexander Agassiz, surveyed Lake Titicaca.
    • 1883 Wrote first part of "The Reptiles and Batrachians of North America."
    • Member of Major Powell's first Expedition in Colorado.
    • 1898 BS, Harvard U, Honorary.
    • 1899 MA, Harvard U, Honorary.
    • 1908 Wrote "Reptiles of Easter Island."
    • 1921 Elected to the Linnean Society of London.

  68. Gilbert, Dr. Charles H. (1859-1928) Eumeces gilberti Van Denburgh, 1896 "It gives me great pleasure to name this interesting lizard in honor of Dr. Charles H. Gilbert to whom my interest in herpetology is entirely due."
    • 1859 Born in Rockford, IL.
    • One of the collectors of the holotype of Xantusia vigilis gilberti.
    • 1880-1884 Asst. in Natural Science and Modern Languages, IN U.
    • 1880-1898 Asst. to US Fish Commission working with DS Jordan under SF Baird.
    • 1883 Co-authored the "Synopsis of the Fishes of North America" with DS Jordan.
    • 1883 PhD, Indiana U, studied under Jordan.
    • 1884-1889 Professor, Natural History, U Cincinnati, OH.
    • 1889-1890 In charge of the US Fish Commission steamer Albatross.
    • 1889-1891 Professor, Zoology, U Cincinnati and IN U.
    • 1891 Professor, Zoology, Stanford U.
    • 1896 Collected holotype of Eumeces gilberti, Mariposa County, CA.
    • 1902 Naturalist-in-charge of the Hawaiian explorations for the US Fish Commission, aboard the Albatross
    • 1906 Explored in the Northwestern Pacific and Japan aboard the Albatross.
    • 1925 Retired from Stanford U.

  69. Gibbons, Whit (1939 - ) Graptemys gibbonsi Lovich and McCoy, 1992
    • 1961 BS University of Alabama, Biology
    • 1963 MS University of Alabama, Biology
    • 1967 PhD Michigan State University, Zoology
    • 1967-1968 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow - University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory.
    • 1972-1975 Executive Secretary-Treasurer Herpetologists' League.
    • 1975-1976 Visiting Research Scientist - Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan.
    • 1984-1985 Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow - Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
    • 1986-2003 Research Associate, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
    • 1988-1989 Vice President Herpetologist's League.
    • 1990-1991 President - Herpetologists' League
    • 1993-1997 Board of Directors - American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and Book Review Editor for Copeia.
    • 1997-1998 President - Association of Southeastern Biologists.
    • 1986-2003 -- University of Georgia Professor of Ecology
    • 1986-2003 -- Senior Research Ecologist, Savannah River Ecology Lab
    • 1994-2003 Curator of Herpetology, Alabama Museum of Natural History, University of Alabama
    • University Adjunct Professorships (currently or formerly for supervision of graduate students): Florida International University, Michigan State University, Duke University, Texas A and M niversity, Memphis State University, Wake Forest University
    • Major or co-major professor of 26 students, nine of whom completed doctoral and 17 who finished Master's degrees.
    • Author, co-author or editor of eleven books on herpetology, ecology and distribution of plants and animals as well as dozens of technical articles, regional newspaper columns, and radio broadcasts.
    • Gives approximately 50 talks each year to college and pre-college school groups and as a keynote or banquet speaker at meetings, both civic and scientific, on a variety of topics, including biodiversity, conservation issues, and general ecology and is the author of Reptile and Amphibian Study for the merit badge of the Boy Scouts of America.

  70. Girard, Charles Frederic (1822-1895) Masticophis taeniatus girardi (Stejneger and Barbour, 1917)
    • 1822 Born in Mulhouse, France, March 9th. Assistant and pupil of Louis Agassiz in Neuchatel, Switzerland.
    • 1847-1850 Arrived in US with Agassiz. At Cambridge until 1850. Moved to Washington, DC.
    • 1850-1857 Worked with SF Baird establishing the US National Museum, Smithsonian.
    • 1850-1891 Wrote 81 papers, 21 in herpetology.
    • Studied and published herpetology collections of the US Exploring Expedition.
    • 1852 The Smithsonian published his Zoological, Botanical and Geological Bibliography, the first of its kind produced in the US, titled "Bibliography of American Natural History for the year 1851."
    • 1853 Collected in ME, MA, SC.
    • 1854 Naturalized as a US citizen.
    • 1856 Studied medicine while continuing his scientific work at the Smithsonian. MD, Georgetown College.
    • 1860 Visited Europe.
    • 1861 Received the Cuvier Prize from the Institute of France.
    • 1861 Commissioned by the Confederacy to supply their Army with drugs and surgical instruments.
    • 1861-1863 Toured VA, NC and SC for Confederate Army, as an agent for surgical and medical supplies.
    • 1864 Returned to Paris, practiced medicine.
    • 1870 Served as a physician during the Siege of Paris.
    • 1891 His last paper "Une tortue bicephale" was published in "Le Naturaliste."
    • 1891 Retired at Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris, France.
    • 1895 Died in France.
    • Biography: Goode, G.B. 1891, US Natl. Mus. Bull. #41. 6 pages of preface; and bibliography: Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. #41, 1891 (includes bio sketch and picture).

  71. Gloyd, Howard Kay (1902-1978) Elaphe vulpina gloydi Conant, 1940 and Heterodon nasicus gloydi Edgren, 1952 "It gives me great pleasure to name this new race for Dr. Howard Kay Gloyd."
    • 1902 Born in DeSoto, KS.
    • 1923-1924 KS State.
    • 1924 BSc, Ottawa U.
    • 1924-1927 Instructor, Biology, Ottawa U.
    • 1927-1929 Instructor, Zoology, KS Agricultural College.
    • 1928 Wrote "The Amphibians and Reptiles of Franklin County, KS."
    • 1929 MS, KS State College.
    • 1929-1936 Instructor, Zoology, U MI.
    • 1929+ Associated with Blanchard during preparation of comprehensive account of N. American snakes.
    • 1936-1958 Director, Chicago Academy of Sciences.
    • 1939 VP, American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
    • 1940 Published "The Rattlesnakes, genera Sistrurus and Crotalus."
    • Organized long collecting and filming expeditions to AZ. His Southwestern US collection is available at the Chicago Academy of Sciences.
    • 1940-1947 Consultant, State Natural History Survey, IL.
    • 1942 DsC, Ottawa U.
    • 1958-1959 Lecturer, Zoology, U AZ, Tucson.
    • 1959-1962 Research Associate, U AZ.
    • 1962-1974 Lecturer, Zoology, U AZ.
    • 1969 Described Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti.
    • 1974+ Emeritus Professor, Zoology, U AZ.

  72. Graham, James Duncan (1799-1865) Salvadora grahamiae Baird and Girard, 1853 and Regina grahamii Baird and Girard, 1853
    • 1817 Graduated US Military Academy, West Point. Assigned to 1st Artillery.
    • 1819-1821 1st Assistant on Major Stephen Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains.
    • 1838 Major, US Corps Topographical Engineers.
    • 1839 Astronomer, US/Republic of Texas Boundary Survey.
    • 1840-1843 Commissioner on the survey of the northern boundary of Maine.
    • 1843-1847 Lt. Colonel on the demarcation US/British provinces.
    • 1848-1850 Resurveyed Mason/Dixon Line.
    • 1850-1851 Principle astronomer and head of the scientific corps US/Mexican Boundary survey.
    • pre 1853 Collected type of Regina grahamii at Rio Salado, TX.
    • pre 1853 Collected type of Salvadora grahamiae in Sonora, Mexico.
    • 1854 Superintending engineer, harbor improvements on the Great Lakes.
    • 1858-1859 Discovered lunar tide on the Great Lakes.
    • 1861 Commissioned Lt. Colonel in US Topographical Engineers.
    • 1863 With the joining of US Topographical Engineers and US Corps of Engineers, commissioned Colonel.
    • 1865 Died of exposure after examining a sea wall in Massachusetts.

  73. Grobman, Arnold B. (1918-2003) Plethodon grobmani Allen and Neill, 1949
    • 1918 Born in Newark, NJ April 28
    • 1939 BS U MI
    • 1941 MS U Rochester
    • 1941 DescribedOpheodrys vernalis blanchardi
    • 1942-1944 Instructor zoology U. Rochester
    • 1943 PhD U Rochester
    • 1943 Named Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi
    • 1944-1946 Research Associate Manhattan project
    • 1946-1949 Asst. Prof. to Assoc. Prof., biology UFL
    • 1950 Published The distribution of the races of Desmognathus fuscus in the southern states. Natural History Miscellanea 70:1-8
    • 1950 Oak Ridge Institute Nuclear Studies
    • 1952-1959 Director Florida State Museum
    • 1952-1957 Secretary of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
    • 1959-1967 U Colorado
    • 1964 President of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
    • 1965-1972 Dean College of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers U
    • 1973-1974 Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Professor biological sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago
    • 1974-1975 Special Assistant to the President, University of Illinois, Chicago
    • 1975-1985 Chancellor, University of Missouri, St. Louis
    • 2003 Died in Gainesville, FL (?)

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  74. Hammond, John Fox (1820-1886) Scaphiopus hammondii Baird, 1859
    • 1820 Born in Columbia, SC, December 7.
    • 1838-1839 Attended U VA for one session. Enrolled in Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and Moral Philosophy.
    • 1840-1841 Attended the Medical College of GA, continued at U PA, earned MD, 1841. (Essay on Meningitis.)
    • 1847 Commissioned Asst. Surgeon, US Army. He saw immediate field service in the Mexican War. Served at Veracruz, Contreras, Churubusco, Molino del Ray, Chapultepec and the City of Mexico. He was made resident surgeon in the General Hospital in Mexico City.
    • 1849 The Second Infantry proceeded to Jefferson Barracks, MO. He was on duty with troops exposed to cholera. He was then transferred to Santa Fe, journeying from May to July, 1849. In the fall, he was with troops engaged in an expedition against the Navaho Indians.
    • 1850 In El Paso, Texas, he requested to be attached to the escort of the Boundary Commissioners.
    • 1851 Assigned to Fort Fillmore, NM. He and other medical officers sent in faunal specimens.
    • 1852 Promoted to Captain and Asst. Surgeon. Stationed at Fort Barrancas, Pensacola, Florida.
    • 1854-1858 Stationed in California and ordered to Fort Tejon. Stationed at San Francisco, Fort Reading & San Diego, CA. At this time he was one of Baird's regular contributors and correspondents.
    • 1858-1859 Stationed at Fort Townsend, on Puget Sound.
    • 1860-1861 Stationed in New York City, promoted to Surgeon, Major. Sent to West Point, NY.
    • 1861 Ordered to Washington Arsenal, DC. Promoted to the rank of Major Surgeon.
    • 1861-1862 Although he was born in the south, he stayed with the US army. His two brothers supported the Confederacy. He was sent to Fort Jefferson, on Dry Tortugas, FL.
    • 1862-1865 He was present at Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks and many other Civil War battles. The War Department awarded him the rank of brevet Lt. Colonel for "faithful and meritorious services during the War." In 1865 he was in charge of the Army dispensary in NY City.
    • 1870-1875 Sent to the Department of Texas as its Medical Director
    • 1875-1882 Promoted to Lt. Colonel, Surgeon, NY City. He was promoted to Colonel, Surgeon in 1882.
    • 1884 Retired from the US Army.

  75. Hammond, William Alexander (1828-1900) Thamnophis couchii hammondii (Kennicott, 1860)
    • 1828 Born in Annapolis, MD, August 28.
    • c1847 Collected for Smithsonian on Pacific Railroad Survey.
    • c1847 Collected type of Gastrophryne olivacea for Hallowell, Fort Riley, Geary County, KS.
    • 1848 MD, U City of NY. Interned at PA Hospital, Philadelphia. Private practice at Saco, ME.
    • 1849 Appointed Asst. Surgeon, US Army.
    • 1849-1859 Served various frontier stations NM, KS, FL, with a tour of duty at West Point. Explored flora and fauna in areas to which he was sent.
    • pre 1860 Collector of holotype, Thamnophis couchii hammondii, San Diego, CA.
    • 1859 Resigned Army. Professor, Anatomy and Physiology, U MD, Baltimore.
    • 1861 Attended wounded of 6th MA Infantry on way to defense of Washington. Re-entered Army as Asst. Surgeon, stationed in MD and WV.
    • 1862 Appointed Surgeon General/Brigadier General. Made many changes in Medical Department.
    • 1864 Clashed with Edward M. Stanton, Secretary of War. Courtmarshalled.
    • 1865-1867 Lecturer on nervous and mental diseases, College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY.
    • 1867-1873 Professor, Nervous and Mental Diseases, Bellevue Hospital Medical College, NY.
    • 1874 Professor, Nervous and Mental Diseases, U City of NY.
    • 1878 Courtmarshall reversed.
    • 1882 One of the founders of NY post-graduate medical school.
    • 1888+ Practiced in Washington, DC.
    • Pioneer in field of nervous and mental diseases in US. American neurology began in Civil War from experience gained by Hammond, Mitchell and Keen.

  76. Hardy, D. Elmo (1914-2002) Aneides hardii (Taylor, 1941)
    • 1914 Born in Lehi, UT, September 3.
    • 1937 BA, Brigham Young U.
    • 1937-1938 Research Asst., UT State U.
    • 1938 MA, UT State U.
    • 1938-1941 Inst. of Entomology, U KS.
    • 1940 Collected holotype of Aneides hardii at 9,000 feet, Cloudcroft, NM.
    • 1941 PhD, U KS.
    • 1941-1942 Field Supervisor and Assistant State Entomologist, KS.
    • 1942-1945 Medical Entomologist, 1st Lt. to Major, US Army.
    • 1942-1943 Stationed in India, Burma and China during WWII.
    • 1945-1948 Asst. Professor and Asst. State Entomologist, Iowa State U.
    • 1948-1980 Assoc. Professor to Senior Professor, U of HI.
    • 1958-1968 Chairman, Department of Entomology, U of HI.
    • 1981+ Professor Emeritus, U of HI.
    • Extensive field work in Europe, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia and on the Hawaiian Islands.
    • Member of many professional societies including the Entomological Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Hawaiian Academy of Science and the Society for Systematic Zoology. Has published 230 scientific papers on the Diptera, including 5 books on Hawaiian flies, and two books on fruit flies of Southeast Asia. Teaching specialties include insect systematics and medical/veterinary entomology.

  77. Harter, Philip ( -1971) Nerodia harteri (Trapido, 1941) "...Mr. Philip Harter, a most enthusiastic and energetic collector of Palo Pinto, TX."
    • 1936 Collector of type specimen, Palo Pinto County, TX.
    • 1971 Died June 7, Palo Pinto, Texas.

  78. Hartweg, Dr. Norman Edouard (1904-1964) Trionyx spiniferus hartwegi (Conant and Goin, 1948)
    • 1927 Asst., Division Herpetology, U MI.
    • 1934 Asst. Curator, U MI.
    • 1934 PhD, U MI, Dr. Ruthven, advisor.
    • 1939 Instructor, Zoology, U MI.
    • 1947-1964 Curator of Herpetology, U MI.
    • 1960 President, ASIH.
    • Specialistin the taxonomy and distribution of turtles. Nicknamed "Kibe" by his students and coworkers.
    • 1964 Died after an illness, February 16th.

  79. Hayden, Ferdinand Vandeveer (1829-1887) Thamnophis radix haydenii (Kennicott, 1860)
    • 1850 Oberlin college, Ohio.
    • 1853 MD, Albany Medical College
    • 1853 Collected fossils in the Dakota Badlands with FB Meek.
    • 1854-1855 Explored geology of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers.
    • 1856-1857 Geologist on Warren's Explorations in Nebraska and Dakota.
    • 1858 Visited KS.
    • Native Americans called him "The man who picks up stones running."
    • 1859-1862 Explored Rocky Mountains and MO River on Capt. W. Raynolds' Exploration of the Yellowstone. Sent vertebrates to Joseph Leidy, Philadelphia, PA for description.
    • 1862-1865 Surgeon, US Army.
    • 1865-1872 Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, U PA.
    • 1867-1879 Headed US Geological and Geographical survey of the Territories (Nebraska).
    • 1869-1879 Studied geology, natural history, climatology, resources and ethnology of ND, SD, WY, UT and CO.
    • 1871-1872 Campaigned to set aside Yellowstone as a park for the people.
    • 1872-1876 Completed detailed observations and maps of Colorado.
    • 1879 Head of the newly formed Montana division of US Geological Survey.
    • 1886 Resigned the Army. 1887, LLD, U PA.

  80. Heckscher, August (1848-1941) Rana heckscheri Wright, 1924
    • 1848 Born in Hamburg, Germany, August 26.
    • Worked with an importing house in Hamburg for three years.
    • 1868-1884 Emigrated and engaged in coal business in US.
    • 1881 Organized Lehigh Zinc and Iron Company.
    • -1904 General Manager of New Jersey Zinc which consolidated Lehigh Zinc and Iron and other companies.
    • Director of steel, realty, trust and paper companies.
    • Speculated in real estate on Manhattan, New York City, NY. Philanthropist of many city charitable institutions and urban amenities.
    • Benefactor of the Heckscher Foundation for the Advancement of Research which funded much of AH Wright's work on Rana heckscheri.

  81. Heller, Edmund (1875-1939) Crotalus viridis helleri Meek, 1905 "Named for Mr. Edmund Heller, its discoverer."
    • 1875 Born in Freeport, Illinois.
    • 1898-1899 Stanford Zoology Expedition to Galapagos Islands.
    • 1900 Assistant naturalist, US Biological Survey to Alaska.
    • 1901 AB, Stanford U.
    • 1901-1907 Naturalist, Field Museum Explorations in CA, Mexico, Guatemala and East Africa.
    • 1907-1908 Curator of Mammals, U CA Museum of Natural History.
    • 1909-1910 Naturalist, Smithsonian African Expedition under direction of Theodore Roosevelt.
    • 1911-1912 Rainey African Expedition, East Africa.
    • 1915 Yale University and National Geographic Society expedition to Peru.
    • 1916-1917 Explored Southwestern China and Tibetan Border for the American Museum of Natural History.
    • 1918 Photographic staff of Czecho-Slovak army with Paul J. Rainey.
    • 1919-1920 Cape to Cairo expedition of Smithsonian Institution.
    • 1921 Investigation of big game animals Yellowstone National Park.
    • 1922-1923 Expedition across Peru and down Amazon to its mouth.
    • 1924-1926 Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon, Central Africa and Gorilla Volcanos.
    • 1926-1928 Assistant Curator of Mammals, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL.
    • 1928-1935 Director, Milwaukee Zoological Gardens, WI.
    • 1935+ Director, Fleishacker Zoo, San Francisco, CA.
    • Co-author of "Life Histories of African Game Animals" with Theodore Roosevelt.

  82. Henshaw, Henry Wetherbee (1850-1930) Xantusia henshawi Stejneger, 1893 "I propose to name it in honor of its discoverer..."
    • 1850 Born in Cambridgeport, MA, March 3.
    • 1872-1879 Naturalist, Wheeler Survey for Exploration of the West.
    • 1879-1893 US Bureau of Ethnology.
    • 1885 The British Museum acquired his collection of birds. Harvard got the diatoms.
    • 1889-1893 Editor of "American Anthropologist."
    • 1893 Collected holotype of Xantusia henshawi, Witch Creek, San Diego County, CA.
    • 1894-1904 Visited Hawaii.
    • 1905-1916 Appointed Adminstrative Asst., Bureau Biological Survey, US Department of Agriculture.
    • 1910+ Chief, US Biological Survey.

  83. Hernandez, Francisco (1514-1587) Phrynosoma douglasii hernandesi (Girard, 1858)
    • 1514 Born in Montalban, Toledo, Spain.
    • Graduated as a medical doctor from the U of Salamanca.
    • Began practicing medicine at the Monastery of Guadalupe. Botanized in Castile and Andalusia. Became physician to Philip II, King of Spain.
    • 1570-1577 Philip ordered him to Mexico. He traveled for seven years, interviewing Aztecs, collecting floral and faunal specimens, testing their medicinal value and keeping a full record. The original drawings, by Mexican artists, were often identified with Aztec symbols signifying habitat. The royal appropriation of 60,000 ducats proved insufficient to a task which took two years more than anticipated. At the time of his visit, the famous gardens of Atzcapotzalco, Texcoco and Huaxtepec were still very much as they had been before the arrival of the Spanish. He was able to interview Aztec medical doctors to determine the medicinal value of the plants he had collected. His work filled six volumes of text and ten of illustrations.
    • 1577 He returned to Madrid. Philip deposited his work in the royal library without publishing it.
    • 1587 Died in Madrid.
    • 1671 Fire destroyed to Royal Monastery of the Escorial and its library. What we have of Hernandez's volumes are copies through the works of others.
    • Biography: Lopez Pinero, J.M., T.F. Glick, V. Navarro Brotons, and E. Protela Marco. 1983. Diccionario historico de la ciencia moderna en Espana. 2 volumes, ed. Peninsula, Barcelona.

  84. Hoffman, Richard Lawrence (1927- ) Plethodon hoffmani Highton, 1971 "Who 1st found the species in VA and recognized it as different from Plethodon richmondi."
    • 1927 Born in Clifton Forge, VA.
    • 1950-1957 Chemist Supervisor, Hercules Powder Company, Radford Arsenal.
    • 1954 Collected holotype of Plethodon hoffmani.
    • 1958 MS, Cornell U.
    • 1959-1960 National Science Foundation, research assistant arthropod taxon, US National Museum.
    • 1960 PhD, Zoology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
    • 1960-1962 Assoc. Professor, Radford U, Radford, Virginia.
    • 1962+ Professor, Biology, Radford U., Radford, Virginia.

  85. Holbrook, John Edwards (1794-1871) Lampropeltis getula holbrooki Stejneger, 1902; Holbrookia Girard, 1851 and Scaphiopus holbrookii (Harlan, 1835)
    • 1796 Born in Beaufort, SC, December 31.
    • 1815 AB, Brown University.
    • 1818 MD, U PA.
    • 1818-1820 Studied Medicine in London, England and Edinburgh, Scotland.
    • 1820-1822 Studied in Paris, France at Jardin Des Plantes.
    • 1822 Returned to US. Settled at Charleston, SC.
    • 1824 Practiced medicine in Charleston, SC.
    • 1824 A founder of the Medical College of SC.
    • 1824-1854 Professor of Anatomy, Medical College of Charleston, SC.
    • 1836-1842 "North American Herpetology" defining nearly 150 species.
    • 1861-1865 Medical Officer, Confederate Army Board of Surgeons; Chairman, Examining Board of Surgeons, SC.
    • 1862 Consequential to Sherman's March during Civil War, Holbrook's work was scattered. Personal papers were lost. Some books and specimens are in museums.
    • 1863 His wife died. They had no children. Moved back to MA.
    • 1868 Elected to National Academy of Sciences.
    • Called the "Father of North American Herpetology."

  86. Hoy, Philo Romayne (1816-1892) Pseudemys floridana hoyi (Agassiz, 1857)
    • 1816 Born in Richland County, OH.
    • 1840 Graduated Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, OH.
    • Practiced medicine at New Haven, OH.
    • 1850 Moved to Racine, WI.
    • Made a complete collection of flora and fauna. Specimens deposited at Racine College.
    • c1853 Collected species from eastern WI for Baird and Girard. Naturalist on the Geological Survey of WI. Served as Fish Commissioner of WI for four years. President of the WI Academy of Art, Science and Letters.
    • Member of the Entomological Society of France and several scientific societies in the US. Corresponded with Agassiz, Henry and Kirtland. His name was attached to several fossils and a few fauna.
    • 1883 Wrote "Catalog of the cold-blooded vertebrates of WI," published at Madison, WI.
    • 1892 Died in Racine, WI.

  87. Hubricht, Leslie (1908-2005) Phaeognathus hubrichti Highton, 1961 and Plethodon hubrichti Thurow, 1957 "Mr. Leslie Hubricht has collected not only the specimens which led to the discovery of this entity, but much other salamander material. I would like to acknowledge the debt that workers in this field owe him by calling the species..."
    • 1908 Born in Los Angeles, CA, January 11.
    • 1917 His family moved to Kokomo, IN. After his first semester of high school, the family moved to St. Louis. He went to work to help provide for his family.
    • 1936-1943 Worked for Edgar Anderson at the MO Botanical Garden as a research assistant.
    • by 1943 His collection of shells included 7,000 entries, and he had written or co-authored 24 papers.
    • 1943-1973 Worked for Remington Rand as a tabulating machine mechanic and serviced UNIVAC computers.
    • 1943-1945 Trained in New York and worked in Norfolk, VA.
    • 1945-1948 Worked in Detroit, Battle Creek, MI and Dallas, TX
    • 1948-1961 Worked in Danville, VA. Transferred to IA, TX, KY, TN, MS, AL, FL, GA and Meridian, MS.
    • 1960 Discovered Phaeognathus hubrichti whilst searching for snails.
    • 1973 Retired. Put full time effort into fieldwork, filling in distributional gaps, establishing range limits and reviewing the collections in major museums. He has described 81 of the 523 land snail species known from eastern North America, and has amassed a collection of 500,000 land snail specimens which exceeds the materials now in the combined collections of major US museums. Published "The distributions of the native land mollusks of the eastern US" issued by the Field Museum as Fieldiana: Zoology (new series), number 24. to 1986 His bibliography has 147 publications.
    • 1989 Lives in Meridian Miss, has 3 plants and 26 animals named after him by others.
    • 1990 Deposited his collection with the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
    • 2005 Died September 16 at home in Meridian, MS at age 97.

  88. Hurter, Julius, Sr. (1842-1917) Scaphiopus holbrookii hurterii Strecker, 1910
    • 1842 Born in Switzerland.
    • 1900+ Curator, St. Louis Academy of Sciences.
    • 1904 Mechanical engineer, silver medal, LA Purchase Exposition.
    • 1911 Published "Herpetology of Missouri," Academy of Sciences, St. Louis, MO.

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  89. Jan, Georg (or Giorgio) (1791-1866) Hypsiglena torquata jani (Duges, 1866)
    • 1791 Born in Italy or possibly in Austria.
    • Director of the Museum Natural History, Milan, Italy.
    • 1860+ Began compiling the "Iconographie General des Ophidiens" completed by Ferdinand Sordelli.

  90. Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Ambystoma jeffersonianum (Green, 1827) and Desmognathus monticola jeffersoni Hoffman, 1951 "...the name of Thomas Jefferson, a naturalist of note in his day as well as statesman and educator. Long a resident of Albemarle County, Jefferson almost certainly knew this species, which I have found close to his home."
    • 1743 Born in Ablemarle County, VA. Inherited 5000 acres from his father, a surveyor and planter, as well as a high social position from his mother's family, the Randolphs.
    • Studied at William and Mary College.
    • 1772 Married Martha Wayles Skilton.
    • 1776 Drafted the Declaration of Independence.
    • 1785 Succeeded Benjamin Franklin as minister to France.
    • -1793 Resigned as Secretary of State.
    • 1797-1815 President of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA. Often consulted on natural history matters and encouraged natural history on surveys.
    • 1801-1809 Elected 3rd US President by vote of House of Representatives. Kept caged grizzly bears on White House lawn.
    • 1803 Purchased Louisiana from France.
    • 1803-1806 Sent the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the new territory.
    • 1804-1805 William Dunbar and Dr. George Hunter sent to explore the Red River system and the Ouachita River system of the southern US.
    • 1806 Jefferson published "Message from the President of the US communicating discoveries made in exploring the Missouri, Red River and Washita by Captains Lewis and Clark, Dr. Sibley and Mr.Dunbar."
    • 1826 Died on July 4th.

  91. Jordan, David Starr (1851-1931) Plethodon jordani Blatchley, 1901 "To Dr. David S. Jordan, President of Stanford U, CA, who first guided my wandering footsteps into the highways and byways of scientific research, this handsome species of salamander is respectfully inscribed."
    • 1870 Instructor, Botany, Cornell U.
    • 1872 MS, Cornell U.
    • 1872 Only undergraduate in history of Cornell to receive MS upon completion of program.
    • 1873-1874 Studied with Agassiz, Penikese, Buzzard's Bay, MA.
    • 1875 MD, Indiana Medical College.
    • 1875-1879 Professor of Biology, Butler U, Irvington, IN.
    • 1876 Wrote" Manual of the Vertebrates of Northern US."
    • 1876+ Spent most summers collecting.
    • 1879 Conducted fisheries census of the Pacific Coast from San Diego to Puget Sound.
    • 1879-1885 Professor, Natural History, IN U (State U of Bloomington).
    • 1882 Wrote "Synopsis of the Fishes" with Gilbert, Bulletin 16, USNM.
    • 1885-1891 President, IN U.
    • 1886 First President of the newly organized IN Academy of Science.
    • 1889 Explored streams and lakes of CO and UT for US Fish Commission.
    • 1896-1897 Worked on the fur seal investigation.
    • 1900+ President of Stanford U, Palo Alto, CA.
    • 1908 Commissioner representing US on International Commission studying the fisheries of the US/Canadian Boundary.
    • Refused to learn the names of his students because he claimed for each name learned, he would forget the name of a fish.
    • Jordan's Law: The species most closely related to another is found just beyond a barrier to distribution.

  92. Junaluska (1758?-1858) Eurycea junaluska Sever, Dundee and Sullivan, 1976
    • Cherokee Chief prominent in history of region of the type locality.
    • 1813-1814 Led a detachment of warriors to the support of General Andrew Jackson and did good service at the bloody battle of Horseshoe Bend. He had boasted that he would exterminate the Creeks, but upon returning to his tribe, admitted that some Creeks were still alive. He received the name Junaluska "he tries but fails" to indicate this event.
    • 1838 Went west with the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears, but later returned to NC. In special recognition of his past services was given citizenship rights and a tract of land at Cheowa, near the present Robbinsville, Graham County, NC. Buried in Graham County, NC.
    • Biography: Hawkins, Caroline A., Junaluska and the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, 1916, Newberry Library, Ayer Collection #251-C2171-J95-H39-1916.

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  93. Kalm, Pehr (=Peter) (1716-1779) Pseudacris triseriata kalmi Harper, 1955 "In commemoration of Peter Kalm...the accomplished author...and a pioneer student of frogs in New Jersey."
    • 1716 Born in Angermanland, Sweden. Pupil of Linnaeus.1721 He and his mother returned to Finland from Sweden. His parents had left before his birth to escape the Russian reign of terror.
    • 1735 Graduated University of Abo, Finland. Pupil of Linnaeus. Served as superintendent of an experimental plantation of Baron Bielke for seven years. Studied under Linnaeus at the University of Uppsala. Journeyed to the south of Sweden and Finland. Went to St. Petersburg and Moscow with Bielke.
    • 1747 Became "Professor oeconomiae" (Ecology) at the University of Abo.
    • 1748 Journeyed to North America. Landed in Philadelphia. Became friends with Benjamin Franklin and John Bartram. Explored the wilds of Pennsylvania.
    • 1749-1750 Traveled through New York, visiting Albany and Lake Champlain. Continued on to Canada. Returned to Philadelphia in October of 1749. Revisited Canada in 1750.
    • 1751 Traveled home to Abo. He obtained a wide collection of the flora and fauna of North America and had discovered approximately 60 new species. He kept journals of his travels which have been consulted by researchers seeking information on both the natural and political history of colonial north America.
    • 1753-1761 Wrote "Travels in North America." Founder of the Jardin Botanique d'Abo.
    • 1779 Died in Turku, Finland.

  94. * Kemp, Richard Moore (1825-1908) Lepidochelys kempii (Garman, 1880)
    • "About three years ago, Richard M. Kemp, of Florida directed my attention to a peculiar Turtle... In consideration of the great interest Mr. Kemp takes in matters pertaining to natural history, it is most appropriate that the species he has been the means of bringing into notice should bear his name."
    • Born in Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas on January 25, 1825 to Samuel and Amelia Russell Kemp, of Harbour Island Bahamas, Kemp is often described as a Key West fisherman, who died February 18, 1908 in Key West, Florida.

  95. Kennerly, Caleb Burwell Rowan (1829-1861) Heterodon nasicus kennerlyi Kennicott, 1960
    • 1829 Born in White Post, Clarke County, VA. Collected in northern VA. Studied at Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA at the time SF Baird was professor of biology.
    • 1849 BA, Dickinson College, PA.
    • 1849-1852 MD, Medical Department of the U PA.
    • 1853-1854 Pacific Railroad Survey along thh 35th parallel. Kept a diary of the overland journey from San Antonio, TX to California. He was surgeon-naturalist under 2nd Lt. JC Ives.
    • 1854-1855 On the U.S. Mexican Boundary Survey.
    • 1857-1861 Appointed surgeon on the Northwestern Boundary Survey.
    • 1861 Letter to Robert Kennicott, 17 March 1861, from SF Baird: "You will be sorry to hear of Dr. Kennerly's death at sea while coming home early in February. He is a great loss; his disease was associated with the brain. He has made large and valuable collections."
    • Kennerly's journal is in the Division of Manuscripts at the Library of Congress. The Baird/Kennerly correspondence of 12 years is at the Smithsonian Archives. His report on zoology is found in Volume 4 of "Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean" 1855-1860 Pacific Railroad Surveys of the War Department.

  96. Kezer, James (1908-2002) Rhyacotriton kezeri Good and Wake, 1992
    • 1930 BA, Iowa
    • 1937 MS, Iowa
    • 1948 Ph.D., Cornell
    • 1950s Wrote several papers on amphibians and reptiles in the Cascades and Crater Lake while in the Department of Biology, University of Oregon.
    • 1970 Discovered multinucleate oocytes in Pacific tailed frog, Ascaphus trueii.
    • 1974 Professor emeritus, U of OR

  97. KING Elgaria kingii Gray, 1838
    • Rear Admiral Philip Parker King 1791-1856)
      • Reptile collector in Australia for British Museum, see Alli.
      • 1817-1822 Survey of Australia aboard the HMS Mermaid.
      • 1825-1830 Survey of South America aboard the HMS Adventure.
      • Settled in Sydney.
    • Capt. Philip Gedley King (1758-1808)
      • Son of Philip P. King.
      • Sailed on the Beagle with Darwin.
      • 1800-1806 Governor of New South Wales

  98. Kirtland, Jared Potter (1793-1877) Clonophis kirtlandii (Kennicott, 1856) "In giving this serpent the name of Dr. Kirtland, as a slight token of the respect due him, to whose enthusiastic and untiring devotion to Science the West owes so much, I would also make some expression of my personal gratitude to the honored teacher, whose kind encouragement and instruction led me to study Nature, by dedicating to him his pupil's first contribution to Science."
    • Ohio physician and naturalist and taught Ken