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 to 1864.[2]
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| Born | March 26, 1804 Portland, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | September 10, 1891 (aged 87) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard Medical School, 1825 Bowdoin College, 1822[1] |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Spouse | Abigail Jane Storer (nee Brewer) |
| Children | Horatio Storer Francis Humphreys Storer Abby Matilda Storer Mary Goddard Storer Robert Woodbury Storer |
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He identified numerous fish species and published on the reptiles and fishes of New England.[1] He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1872.[3]
The colubrid snake genus Storeria is named in his honor.[4]
Physician and anti-abortion activist Horatio Storer (1830–1922) and chemist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and dean of the Bussey Institution at Harvard University Francis Humphreys Storer (1832-1914) are his sons.
Species descriptions
editAmong the fish he described are:
- The tessellated darter (Etheostoma olmstedi)
- The yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea)
- The rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum)
- The northern pipefish (Syngnathus fuscus)
- The kelp pipefish (Syngnathus californiensis)
- The ashy darter (Etheostoma cinereum)
- The northern studfish (Fundulus catenatus)
- The wrymouth (Cryptacanthodes maculatus), sometimes called a ghostfish
- The blackspotted topminnow, (Fundulus olivaceus)
He also described the snake: Storeria occipitomaculata, commonly known as the Redbelly Snake
Selected publications
edit- Storer, David Humphreys; Peabody, William Bourne Oliver (1839). Reports on the Fishes, Reptiles and Birds of Massachusetts. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers.
- Storer DH (1846). "A Synopsis of the Fishes of North America". Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2: 253–550.
- Storer DH (1853). "A History of the Fishes of Massachusetts". Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 5 (1): 122–168.
- Storer DH (1859). "A History of the Fishes of Massachusetts". Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 6 (2): 309–372.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (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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