John Van Denburgh
John Van Denburgh (born August 23, 1872 in San Francisco , California , † October 24, 1924 in Honolulu , Hawaii ) was an American herpetologist .
Life
He was born in San Francisco in 1872 and enrolled at Stanford University in 1891 . In 1895 he expanded the herpetology department at the California Academy of Sciences. In 1897 he was awarded a Ph. D. by Stanford University . In addition, he obtained a MUDr. at Johns Hopkins University , but returned to San Francisco as a practicing physician and continued his work as curator of the Herpetological Collections of the California Academy of Sciences.
After the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, he helped rebuild the lost herpetological collections through new voyages of discovery and also through the purchase of other collections. Among other things, he published the two-volume work The Reptiles of Western North America in 1922 .
He died in 1924 while on vacation in the Hawaiian Islands.
Web links
Van Denburgh's short biography on the Western Kentucky University homepage
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Van Denburgh, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American herpetologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 1924 |
| Place of death | Honolulu , Hawaii |