Charles Henry Gilbert
Charles Henry Gilbert ['gi-] (born December 5, 1859 in Rockford (Illinois) , † April 20, 1928 in Palo Alto ) was an American ichthyologist .
In 1883 he completed his studies with a Ph.D. (the first there!) at Indiana University in Bloomington with David Starr Jordan (1851–1931), with whom he was on friendly terms since 1874 (in Indianapolis ). He worked first as an assistant at Indiana University (1880-84), then as a lecturer in biology at the University of Cincinnati (1884-89), for zoology again in Bloomington (1889-91) and from then on as a zoology professor from Stanford University (Palo Alto, California ); In 1925 he retired. 1880–1898 he was a member of the US Fisheries Commission, 1909–27 clerk for problems with the salmon fishery in the USA. On the US research ship "Albatross" he was involved several times, most recently in 1902 ( Hawaii ) and 1906 ( Japan ), as an ichthyologist in the exploration of the northern Pacific and described many new species (620 in total), e. B. in The Deep-Sea Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands (1905) .- With DS Jordan he had already published the Synopsis of the Fishes of North America (about freshwater and marine fish) in 1882. - Gilbert developed ideas about nature conservation very early and warned already in the twenties before the threat of overfishing and the extinction of the Oncorhynchus populations.
Gilbert was a keen and very correct person. It was therefore almost inevitable that there would be various, often petty-looking arguments between him and the also very dedicated captain of the "Albatross" on the Hawaii voyage in the summer of 1902, especially since the ship (like the US Fisheries Commission) -Marine, but the scientists were civilians and there was uncertainty about the command hierarchy on board. JR Dunn reports on this (see weblink).
Web links
- JR Dunn (1996): "Charles Henry Gilbert, naturalist-in-charge, and Chauncey Thomas, Jr, commanding: conflict aboard the US Fish Commission Steamer Albatross in 1902" (Marine Fisheries Review 1996)
literature
- Dunn, J. Richard (1996) Charles H. Gilbert, pioneer ichthyologist and fishery biologist. - Marine Fisheries Review 58: 1-2
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gilbert, Charles Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ichthyologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rockford, Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 20, 1928 |
| Place of death | Palo Alto |