Addison Emery Verrill

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Addison Emery Verrill

Addison Emery Verrill (born February 9, 1839 in Greenwood , † December 10, 1926 in Santa Barbara ) was an American zoologist and geologist.

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Addison Emery Verrill was born in Greenwood, the second eldest son of George Washington Verrill and his wife Lucy Verrill, née Hillborn. Even before he was thirteen, he was collecting stones and minerals in and around the city of his birth and got to know their distinguishing features. At the age of fourteen; in the meantime the family has moved to Norway ; He dedicated himself to the local flora and created a herbarium for it. Until he was seventeen, his collection included a rich selection of shells, insects, reptiles, birds, mammals, plants and minerals.

From May 1859 he studied under Louis Agassiz at Harvard University . He graduated in 1862. At the age of 25 he was appointed first professor of zoology at Yale University and taught there from 1864 until his retirement in 1907. From 1868 to 1870 he was professor of comparative anatomy and entomology the University of Wisconsin . In addition to teaching, he was a curator at the Boston Society of Natural Sciences from 1864 to 1874 and from 1865 to 1910 at the Natural History Museum Peabody at Yale University. From 1869 to 1920 he was editor of the American Journal of Science .

During his studies in 1860, together with Alpheus Hyatt and Nathaniel Southgate Shaler , he examined the invertebrate fauna of the Atlantic coast, with special reference to corals, annelids, echinoderms and mussels. Later he also devoted himself to the invertebrate fauna.

Verrill published more than 350 newspapers and monographs and scientifically described more than 1000 species. Together with Sidney Irving Smith , he contributed significantly to the enrichment of the collections of the Peabody Zoological Natural History Museum, which are now among the most important natural science collections in the USA. Even after his retirement he continued with his scientific work.

He was a member of numerous learned societies, including the National Academy of Sciences (1872) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1887). Since 1959, Addison Emery Verrill has been awarded the Addison Emery Verrill Medal in honor of the Yale's Peabody Museum for outstanding achievements in the natural sciences .

The American archaeologist, explorer, inventor, draftsman and author Alpheus Hyatt Verrill was the son of Addison Emery Verrill.

Publications

A selection of his works:

  • Report upon the Invertebrate Animals of Vineyard Sound and Adjacent Water (1873)
  • Zoology of the Bermuda Islands (1903)
  • Geology and Paleontology of the Bermudas (1907)
  • Coral Reefs of the Bermudas (1907)
  • Monograph of the Shallow Water Stars of the North Pacific Coast (1914)
  • Report on West Indian Stars (1915)
  • Crustacea of ​​Bermuda (three volumes, 1923)

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SURNAME Verrill, Addison Emery
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American zoologist and geologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Greenwood
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1926
Place of death Santa Barbara