David Humphreys Storer
| David Humphreys Storer | |
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| Born |
March 26, 1804 Portland, Maine |
| Died |
September 10, 1891 (aged 87) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Spouse(s) | 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 1855-1856,[1] and published on the reptiles and fishes of New England.[2]
The colubrid snake genus Storeria is named in his honor.[3]
Selected bibliography
- David Humphreys Storer, and William Bourn 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
- ↑ "Past Deans of the Faculty of Medicine". Harvard Medical School. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ↑ Scudder, Samuel H. (1891–1892). "David Humphreys Storer". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 27: 388–391. JSTOR 20020490.
- ↑ 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).
External links
- Works by or about David Humphreys Storer at Internet Archive
- Works by or about David Humphreys Storer in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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