Austin Hobart Clark
Austin Hobart Clark (born December 17, 1880 in Wellesley , Massachusetts , † October 28, 1954 in Washington, DC ) was an American zoologist . His research spanned a wide range of topics including oceanography , marine biology , ornithology, and entomology .
Austin Hobart Clark was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts, the son of Boston architect Theodore Minot Clark and his French-born wife Jeannette. In 1903 he received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University . He had five children with his first wife, Mary Wendell Upham, whom he married on March 6, 1906. Mary died in December 1931 and Clark married Leila Gay Forbes in 1933.
In 1901 Clark organized a scientific expedition to Isla Margarita in Venezuela . From 1903 to 1905 he was head of research in the Antilles . From 1906 to 1907 he led a research team on the USS Albatross, a steamship owned by the US Bureau of Fisheries. In 1908 he took up a post at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, which he held until his retirement in 1950.
Clark had important and diverse roles in a variety of learned societies, such as President of the Entomological Society of Washington and Vice President of the American Geophysical Union . He also directed the press service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science .
Clark has authored over 600 publications in English, French, Italian, German and Russian. His best-known works include Animals of Land and Sea (1925), Nature Narratives (two volumes, 1929 and 1931), The New Evolution (1930), Animals Alive (1948) and The Butterflies of Virginia (1951, together with his wife Leila Gay Forbes Clark).
Several animal species and genera were first scientifically described by Austin Hobart Clark, including the Guadeloupe Macaw (1905), the Martinique Amazon (1905), the Dominica Macaw (1908), the multi-colored parakeet (1910), the crustacean genus Laomenes (1919) or the starfish Copidaster lymani (1948).
Quotes
" Since we have no evidence to indicate a transition between fossils and living groups, we should necessarily assume that such links never existed ." Austin Hobart Clark 1930
“As far as the main animal groups are concerned, the followers of the creation idea seem to have the better argument for themselves. There is not the slightest evidence that any of the major groups arose from another. Each is a special animal population, whose members are more closely related to each other and therefore appear as a special, different creation. "(Man ...)" He suddenly appeared, essentially in the same form that he still has today. " Austin Hobart Clark 1929
Works
- with FO Morris: A history of British butterflies . 6th edition, London 1890 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.15910
- A monograph of the existing crinoids . Washington 1915 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.1326
- Animals of land and sea . New York 1925 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.4878
- The new evolution; zoogenesis . Baltimore 1930 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.4537
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clark, Austin Hobart |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wellesley , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 1954 |
| Place of death | Washington, DC |