Andrew Garrett

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Andrew Garrett (born April 9, 1823 in Albany , New York , † November 1, 1887 on Huahine ) was an American naturalist and illustrator with a focus on malacology and ichthyology . In these areas, Garrett was the first to describe newly discovered species.

Life

As a young man, Garrett worked as a seaman. 1842-1846 he traveled to various states in the USA. In his spare time he researched plants and shells. As a crew member on whaling ships, he sailed the Pacific from 1846 and reached Honolulu . When he returned to the United States in 1851, he brought back a collection of seashells that he had gathered on his trip. In 1852 Garrett went back to Honolulu and the island of Hawaii , where he stayed until 1863.

From Andrew Garrett's Fish of the South Seas , Volume III

During his stay in Hawaii, Garrett met American malacologists Wesley Newcomb and William Harper Pease . He produced illustrations for scientific work by Pease. From 1855 Garrett was in contact with the Harvard professor Louis Agassiz and his environment. He offered his services as a collector and descriptor of newly discovered species and sent drawings and collected specimens.

1866 was a connection from Garrett with the Museum Godeffroy materialize and he was working for the Museum as a researcher and collector. Garrett made around 470 drawings for the multi-part publication Andrew Garrett's Fish of the South Seas . The descriptions were written by Albert Günther , who also edited the work. It was published in the Journal of the Museum Godeffroy .

Garrett toured various islands in the Pacific Ocean , including the Cook Islands and Western Samoa . In 1870 he settled on Huahine and lived there until his death in 1887. Garrett left an extensive collection of shells with more than thirty thousand specimens of over eight thousand species.

Publications

Below are some of Garrett's publications. A detailed directory of his publications on molluscs appeared in The Nautilus in 1979 .

  • Descriptions of New Species of Fishes . In: Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural Sciences . tape III . San Francisco 1868, p. 63 ( books.google.de ).
  • Descriptions of New Species of Fishes — No. II . In: Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural Sciences . tape III . San Francisco 1868, p. 103 ( books.google.de ).
  • Descriptions of New Species of Land and Fresh water Shells . In: American Journal of Conchology . tape VII . Philadelphia 1872, p. 219 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • List of Species of Bulimus Inhabiting the Viti Islands, with Notes on their Geographical Range, and Descriptions of New Species . In: American Journal of Conchology . tape VII . Philadelphia 1872, p. 231 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Descriptions of new species of Marine Shells inhabiting the South Sea Islands . In: Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . Philadelphia 1873, p. 209 ( books.google.de ).
  • Descriptions of new species of Goniodoris . In: Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . Philadelphia 1873, p. 232 ( books.google.de ).
  • Descriptions of new species of Land Shells inhabiting the South Sea Islands . In: Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . Philadelphia 1873, p. 233 ( books.google.de ).

Drawings made by Garrett have been published in the three volumes of Andrew Garrett's Fish of the South Seas .

  • Albert Günther: Andrew Garrett's Fish of the South Seas, described and edited by Albert CLG Günther (=  Journal of the Museum Godeffroy . Volume 2 , Issues 3, 5, 7, 9, 1873-1875). tape I . L. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Albert Günther: Andrew Garrett's Fish of the South Seas, described and edited by Albert CLG Günther (=  Journal of the Museum Godeffroy . Volume 4 , Issues 11, 13, 15, 1876-1881). tape II . L. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Albert Günther: Andrew Garrett's Fish of the South Seas, described and edited by Albert CLG Günther (=  Journal of the Museum Godeffroy . Volume 6 , Issues 16, 17, 1909-1910). tape III . L. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).

literature

  • Obituary.– Mr. Andrew Garrett . In: The Journal of Conchology . tape V. . Taylor Bros., Leeds April 1888, pp. 317 f . ( Text archive - Internet Archive ).
  • JDE Schmeltz: † Andrew Garrett . In: International Archive for Ethnography . tape I . PWM Trap, Leiden 1888, p. 120 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Andrew Garrett. In: Herbert Weidner : History of Entomology in Hamburg (= treatises and negotiations of the Natural Science Association in Hamburg. Volume IX). Kommissionsverlag Cram, de Gruyter & Co., Hamburg, 1967, pp. 153-154.
  • The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Being the History of the United States . tape II . James T White & Co., New York 1895, p. 162 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • W. Stephen Thomas: A Biography of Andrew Garrett, Early Naturalist of Polynesia: Part 1 . In: The Nautilus . tape 93 , no. 1 . American Malacologists, Jan. 10, 1979, ISSN  0028-1344 , pp. 15–28 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • William J. Clench: A Biography of Andrew Garrett, Early Naturalist of Polynesia: Part 2. Catalog of Molluscan Species and Bibliography . In: The Nautilus . tape 93 , no. 2-3 . American Malacologists, April 23, 1979, ISSN  0028-1344 , pp. 96-102 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).

Web links

Commons : Fish of the South Seas (Journal Museum Godeffroy)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William J. Clench: A Biography of Andrew Garrett, Early Naturalist of Polynesia: Part 2. Catalog of Molluscan Species and Bibliography . In: The Nautilus . tape 93 , no. 2-3 . American Malacologists, April 23, 1979, ISSN  0028-1344 , pp. 97 ff . ( Text archive - Internet Archive ).
  2. ^ W. Harper Pease: Descriptions of Nudibranchiate Mollusca Inhabiting Polynesia . In: American Journal of Conchology . tape VI . Philadelphia 1871, p. 299 ff . ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ; Plate 20 Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  3. ^ W. Harper Pease: Descriptions of New Species of Nudibranchiate Mollusca Inhabiting Polynesia, No. 2 . In: American Journal of Conchology . tape VII . Philadelphia 1872, p. 11 ff . ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ; Plate 3 Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  4. ^ William J. Clench: A Biography of Andrew Garrett, Early Naturalist of Polynesia: Part 2. Catalog of Molluscan Species and Bibliography . In: The Nautilus . tape 93 , no. 2-3 . American Malacologists, April 23, 1979, ISSN  0028-1344 , pp. 102 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
personal data
SURNAME Garrett, Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Garrett, Andrew J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American naturalist and illustrator specializing in malacology and ichthyology
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Albany , New York
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 1887
Place of death on Huahine