Charles Haskins Townsend
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 Charles Haskins Townsend | |
| Born | September 29, 1859 |
| Died | January 28, 1944 (aged 84) Miami, Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia |
| Spouse(s) | Ella Townsend, nee Bean, (1854–1935) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Zoology |
| Institutions | United States Fish Commission New York Aquarium |
Charles Haskins Townsend, Sc.D. (September 29, 1859 – January 28, 1944) was an American zoologist.
Early life
The son of the Reverend Daniel W. Townsend and Elizabeth Townsend, née Kier, he was born at Parnassus, Pennsylvania,[1] and educated in public and private schools.[2]
Career
In 1883, he became assistant United States Fish Commissioner in charge of salmon propagation in California. For a time, he was in charge of deep-sea explorations on the USS Albatross.[3] From 1897 to 1902, he served as chief of the Fish Commission's fisheries division. He then served as director of the New York Aquarium at Castle Garden, from 1902 until his retirement in 1937.[1]
Memberships and honors
In 1902 Townsend was an expert before the Russo-American fisheries arbitration at The Hague.[1] In 1912-13 he was president of the American Fisheries Society.[1] He was elected a fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences.[1]
He is commemorated in the names of Townsend's shearwater and the Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi ).
He is also commemorated in the scientific names of three species of lizards: Amphisbaena townsendi, Anolis townsendi, and Sphaerodactylus townsendi.[4]
Writing
He wrote extensively on fisheries, whaling, fur seals, deep-sea exploration and zoology.
See also
- Ida May Mellen, pioneering female ichthyologist
References
- ^ a b c d e "Townsend, Charles Haskins" in Who Was Who in America: Science and Technology. (1976). Marquis Who's Who. p. 610.
- ^ Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). . Encyclopedia Americana.
- ^ Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). . Encyclopedia Americana.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Townsend", p. 267).
Further reading
- National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, (1945) v.32, p. 37.
- Grant, Chapman. (1947). "Dr. Charles Haskins Townsend". Herpetologica 4(1): 38-40.
External links
- Works by Charles Haskins Townsend at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Charles Haskins Townsend at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Works by or about Charles Haskins Townsend at Internet Archive
- Townsend Charts at the Wildlife Conservation Society
- The Galapagos Tortoises—paper by Townsend, (1925) from Zoologica v.4(3).
- "Where the Nineteenth Century Whaler Made His Catch". (1931). New York Zoological Society v.34(6), p. 173-179.
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