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(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 1855–1864,[2] 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]
Selected bibliography[]
- 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[]
- ^ Jump up to: 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).
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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