Henry Harold Shamel (26 June 1885–1963) was an American mammalogist.[1] George Henry Hamilton Tate named a species of bat after him, Shamel's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus shameli).[2]
Life
editShamel was born 26 June 1885 in Ellsworth County, Kansas. He was the sixth of eight children. His parents were Emily Almira Boileau and Joel Henry Shamel. He was a schoolteacher[3] before finding employment as a stenographer at St. John Mills in 1916.[4] In 1915, he took an examination to apply for a civil service position, receiving his assignment at the end of 1916.[4] He started working for the National Museum of Natural History beginning in 1917.[3] On 3 September 1937, Shamel was promoted to senior scientific aide in the National Museum's division of mammals.[5] Shamel retired from the National Museum in 1947 due to poor health. In his later life, he wrote a genealogical history of the Gabriel family, published in 1960.[3] He also authored Seeds of Time, A Story of the Ozarks, which was about his childhood.[6] Shamel died in 1963.[2]
Species described
editReferences
edit- ^ "Shamel, H. Harold". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ a b Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 374. ISBN 978-0-8018-9533-3.
- ^ a b c Shamel, H. H. (1960). A history of the Gabriel family of southern Pennsylvania and their descendants. pp. 123-124.
- ^ a b "Received Civil Service Appointment". St. John Daily Capital and the County Capital. St. John, Kansas. 28 December 1916. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ United States National Museum (1937). Report on the Progress and Condition of the U.S. National Museum for the Year Ending June 30, 1938. p. 18.
- ^ Morris Upton, Lucile (22 March 1963). "Over the Ozarks". The Springfield News-Leader. Springfield, Missouri. Retrieved 8 October 2019.