Charles Torrey Simpson

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Charles Torrey Simpson (born June 3, 1846 in Tiskilwa , Iowa , † December 17, 1932 in Lemon City, Miami ) was an American malacologist and botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Simpson ".

Simpson had only a high school degree but was so well versed in conchyllology as a collector that he was hired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1889 . From 1899 to 1902 he worked for the American Museum of Natural History . He later lived in Lemon City, Florida and wrote popular science books on the flora and fauna of Florida.

As a malacologist, he was primarily interested in freshwater mussels and land snails in Florida.

Harrisia simpsonii is named in his honor and a park in Miami (Simpson Park Hammock). He was an honorary doctor of the University of Miami (1927).

Fonts

  • Ornamental gardening in Florida, self-published, Little River, Florida, 1916
  • In lower Florida wilds; a naturalist's observations on the life, physical geography, and geology of the more tropical part of the state, GP Putnam's Sons, New York and London, 1920
  • Out of Doors in Florida, EB Douglas, Miami, 1923
  • Florida Wild Life. Macmillan, New York, 1932
  • The pearly fresh-water mussels of the United States; their habits, enemies, and diseases, with suggestions for their protection. Bulletin of the US Fish Commission 1899
  • Synopsis of the naiades, or pearly fresh-water mussels, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 22, 1900, pp. 501-1044.
  • with William Healey Dall : The mollusca of Porto Rico, Bulletin of the US Fish Commission, Washington, 1902, pp. 351-524
  • A descriptive catalog of the naiades, or pearly fresh-water mussels, 3 parts, Bryant Walker, Detroit 1914

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SURNAME Simpson, Charles Torrey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American botanist and malacologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Tiskilwa
DATE OF DEATH December 17, 1932
Place of death Miami