David Humphreys Storer
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| Born | March 26, 1804 |
| Died | September 10, 1891 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard Medical School, 1825 Bowdoin College, 1822[1] |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Spouse | Abigail Jane Storer (nee Brewer) |
| Children | Horatio Robinson Storer Francis Humphreys Storer Abby Matilda Storer Mary Goddard Storer Robert Woodbury Storer |
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David Humphreys Storer (March 26, 1804—September 10, 1891) was an American physician and naturalist. He served as dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard Medical School from 1855–1864,[2] and published on the reptiles and fishes of New England.[1]
The colubrid snake genus Storeria is named in his honor.[3]
Selected bibliography
- David Humphreys Storer, and William Bourne Oliver Peabody. (1839). Reports on the fishes, reptiles and birds of Massachusetts. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers.
- Storer, D. H. (1846). A synopsis of the fishes of North America. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 253–550.
- Storer, D. H. (1853). A History of the Fishes of Massachusetts. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 5, No. 1 122–168.
- Storer, D. H. (1859). A History of the Fishes of Massachusetts. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 6, No. 2 309–372.
References
- ^ a b Scudder, Samuel H. (1891). "David Humphreys Storer". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 27: 388–391. JSTOR 20020490.
- ^ "Past Deans of the Faculty of Medicine". Harvard Medical School. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Storer", p. 255).
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