Samuel Garman
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| Born | June 5, 1843 Pennsylvania |
| Died | 1927 |
| Citizenship | American |
| Fields | zoologist, academia |
Samuel Trevor Garman, or "Garmann" as he sometimes styled himself[1] (1843-1927) was a naturalist/ zoologist from Pennsylvania. He became noted as an ichthyologist and herpetologist.[1]
Garman was born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, on 5 June 1843. He studied under Louis Agassiz. In 1868 he joined an expedition to the American West with John Wesley Powell. He was a friend and regular correspondent of the naturalist Edward Drinker Cope and in 1872 accompanied him on a fossil hunting trip to Wyoming. In 1873 he became assistant director of herpetology and ichthyology at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology. His work was mostly in the classification of fish, especially sharks, but also included reptiles and amphibians. Harvard College awarded him honorary degrees for his scientific work, B.S. in 1898 and A.M. in 1899.[1]
[edit] Publications (selected)
- On the reptiles and Batrachians of North America. Kentucky Geological Survey. 1883. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41962.
- On West Indian Iguanidae and on West Indian Scincidae. 19. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. 1887. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44705#page/3/mode/1up.
- The "Gila Monster". 22. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. 1890. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46133.
- The Discoboli. Cyclopteridæ, Liparopsidæ, and Liparididæ. 14. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 1892. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48648.
- The Cyprinodont. 19. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 1895. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45675.
- The Chismopnea (chimaeroids). 40. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 1911. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25665.
- The Plagiostomia (Sharks, skates, and rays). 36. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 1913. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25646#page/10/mode/1up.
- The Galapagos tortoises. 30. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 1917. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25701.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Adler, Kraig (1989). Contributions to the history of herpetology. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. p. 61. ISBN 9780916984199.
- Summers, Adam P.; Koob, Thomas J., eds (1997). "A biographical sketch of Samuel Walton Garman". Plagiostomia - the Sharks, Skates and Rays. Los Angeles, CA: Benthic Press. http://www.sierraherps.com/pdf/Summers%5B1%5D_1997_Garman_bio.pdf.
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