Edmund Heller (zoologist)

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Edmund Heller

Edmund Heller (born May 21, 1875 in Freeport , Illinois , † July 18, 1939 in San Francisco , California ) was an American zoologist.

Live and act

From 1896 to 1901 Heller completed a degree in zoology at Stanford University , which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts of Arts degree. From 1926 to 1928 he was curator of mammals at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago . From 1928 to 1935 he held the post of director of Washington Park Zoo in Milwaukee and from 1935 until his death in 1939 he was director of the butcher's zoo in San Francisco. During the same period he was President of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums . From 1898 to 1899 he visited the Galápagos Islands with the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos Expedition , where, together with Robert Evans Snodgrass, he described several new fish species such as the Galápagos damselfish or the Galapagos shark. At the beginning of the 20th century, several research trips took him to Africa, on which he wrote the book " Life-histories of African Game Animals " in 1914 in collaboration with Theodore Roosevelt .

Dedication names

The Taita thrush ( Turdus helleri ( Chapman , 1923)) and the Punadisteltail ( Schizoeaca helleri ( Mearns , 1913)) are named after Edmund Heller . In addition, his name can be found in the subspecies Troglodytes pacificus helleri ( Osgood , 1901) and in a subspecies of the star chalk ( Pogonocichla stellata helleri Mearns , 1913). The subspecies Pternistis hildebrandti helleri Mearns , 1915 is synonymous with the nominate of Hildebrandt Fran Kolin ( Pternistis hildebrandti Cabanis , 1878) and at Megascops napensis helleri Kelso, L , 1940, a synonym for the Rio Napo Screech Owl ( Megascops napensis ( Chapman , 1928)). Nevertheless, both dedications were also for Heller.

Works (selection)

  • 1903: New Fishes (with Robert Evans Snodgrass)
  • 1905: Shore Fishes of the Revillagigedo, Clipperton, Cocos and Galapagos Islands (with Robert Evans Snodgrass)
  • 1910: Birds and Mammals of the 1907 Alexander Expedition to Southeastern Alaska (with Annie Montague Alexander , Joseph Grinnell, Frank Stephens, Joseph Dixon)
  • 1914: Life-histories of African Game Animals (with Theodore Roosevelt)
  • 1914: The White Rhinoceros
  • 1925: The Big Game Animals of Yellowstone National Park

literature

  • Wilfred Hudson Osgood: New Subspecies of North American Birds . In: The Auk . tape 18 , no. 2 , 1901, p. 179–185 (English, sora.unm.edu [PDF; 300 kB ; accessed on November 11, 2015]).
  • Frank Michler Chapman: Descriptions of proposed new Formicariidae and Dendrocolaptidae . In: American Museum Novitates . No. 86 , 1923, pp. 1–20 (English, digitallibrary.amnh.org [PDF; 2.0 MB ; accessed on November 11, 2015]).
  • Edgar Alexander Mearns: Descriptions of new African Birds of the Genera Francolinus, Chalcopelia, Cinnyris, Chalcomitra, Anthreptes, Estrilda, Halcyon, Melittophagus and Colius . In: Proceedings of the United States National Museum . tape 48 , no. 2 , 1915, p. 381-394 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed November 11, 2015]).
  • Edgar Alexander Mearns: Descriptions of four new African Thrushes of the Genera Planesticus and Geocichla . In: Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . tape 61 , no. 10 , 1914, pp. 1-5 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed November 11, 2015] a).
  • Edgar Alexander Mearns: Descriptions of ten new African Birds of the Genera Pogonocichla, Cossypha, Bradyterus, Sylvietta, Melaniparus, and Zosterops . In: Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . tape 61 , no. 20 , 1914, pp. 1-8 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed November 11, 2015] b).
  • Leon Hugh Kelso: Additional races of American owls . In: Biological Leaflet . No. 12 , 1940, p. 1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frank Michler Chapman, p. 11.
  2. ↑ Edgar Alexander Mearns (1914a), p. 1
  3. ↑ Wilfred Hudson Osgood, p. 182.
  4. ↑ Edgar Alexander Mearns (1914B), p.1.
  5. ^ Edgar Alexander Mearns (1915), p. 381.
  6. ^ Leon Hugh Kelso, p. 1.
personal data
SURNAME Heller, Edmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Freeport , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1939
Place of death San Francisco , California