What year did the founder of The Peabody Museum of Natural History die?
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Peabody Museum of Natural History The Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University is among the oldest, largest, and most prolific university natural history museums in the world. It was founded by the philanthropist George Peabody in 1866 at the behest of his nephew Othniel Charles Marsh, the early paleontologist. Most known to the public for its Great Hall of Dinosaurs, which includes a mounted juvenile "Brontosaurus" and the 110 ft long mural, "The Age of Reptiles"; it also has permanent exhibits dedicated to human and mammal evolution; wildlife dioramas, Egyptian artifacts; and the birds, minerals and Native Americans of Connecticut.
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George Peabody George Peabody ( ; February 18, 1795 – November 4, 1869) was an American-British financier widely regarded as the "father of modern philanthropy."
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H. C. Yarrow Henry Crécy Yarrow (November 19, 1840 – July 2, 1929) was an American ornithologist, herpetologist, naturalist, and surgeon.
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David Bancroft Johnson David Bancroft Johnson, Jr. (January 10, 1856 - December 26, 1928) was the founder and first president of Winthrop University.
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Elizabeth B. Bryant Elizabeth Bangs Bryant (April 7, 1875 – January 6, 1953) was an American arachnologist. She worked at the Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge, Massachusetts and was a close acquaintance of James Henry Emerton. She is best known for her studies of the spiders of New England and the Caribbean.
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Ernest Edward Williams Ernest Edward Williams was an American herpetologist. He was born in Easton, Pennsylvania on January 7, 1914, and died on September 1, 1998, also in Pennsylvania.
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Francis Weld Peabody Francis Weld Peabody (1881–1927) was an American physician born November 24, 1881, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was famous for his extensive research into poliomyelitis and typhoid, as well as being one of the most quoted teachers at Harvard Medical School. His father, Francis Greenwood Peabody, (1847–1936) was a Harvard graduate and minister.
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Frank Peabody Frank Elmer Peabody (28 August 1914 - 27 June 1958), was an American palaeontologist noted for his research on fossil trackways and reptile and amphibian skeletal structure.
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Gerrit Smith Miller Gerrit Smith Miller, Jr. (December 6, 1869 – February 24, 1956) was an American zoologist and botanist.
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David Armitage Bannerman David Armitage Bannerman OBE, MA, SD (Cantab), Hon. LL.D. (Glasgow), FRSE, FZS (27 November 1886 – 6 April 1979) was a British ornithologist. From 1919 to 1952 he was Curator of the British Museum of Natural History.
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William Beebe William Beebe ( born Charles William Beebe; July 29, 1877 – June 4, 1962) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, marine biologist, entomologist, explorer, and author. He is remembered for the numerous expeditions he conducted for the New York Zoological Society, his deep dives in the Bathysphere, and his prolific scientific writing for academic and popular audiences.
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Ruthven Deane Ruthven Deane (20 August 1851 – 20 March 1934) was an American ornithologist, noted as a founding member of the American Ornithologists' Union and for his collection of photographic portraits of ornithologists and naturalists.
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Alice Middleton Boring Alice Middleton Boring (February 22, 1883 in Philadelphia – September 18, 1955 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American biologist, zoologist, and herpetologist, who taught biology and did research in the United States and China.
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Ralph H. Wetmore Ralph Hartley Wetmore (April 27, 1892 – April 28, 1989) was a professor of Botany at Harvard University from 1926 until 1962, known for his studies of plant growth and development. He was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, and the New York Academy of Science, and served as president of the Botanical Society of America. Wetmore was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and attended Acadia University, earning a bachelor's degree in 1921. He earned a Phd at Harvard in 1924, working under E. C. Jeffrey, and joined the Harvard faculty in 1926. He was married to Marion G. Silver from 1923 until her death in 1935, and in 1940 married Olive (Hawkins) Smith, who later became acting dean of Radcliffe College. Wetmore had two daughters from his first marriage. He died in Boxford, Massachusetts at the age of 97.
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William Keith Brooks William Keith Brooks (March 25, 1848 – November 12, 1908) was an American zoologist, born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 25, 1848. Brooks studied embryological development in invertebrates and founded a marine biological laboratory where he and others studied heredity. His best known book, "The Oyster", was first published in 1891 and has been reprinted many times.
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Henry C. Kellers Henry Carsten Kellers (July 6, 1874 – May 23, 1954) was an American United States Navy Lieutenant Commander who served on numerous scientific expeditions on behalf of the Smithsonian Institution. During his expeditionary career, he collected biological specimens for the Smithsonian, bringing back over 10,000 specimens, living and deceased, many which were held by the National Zoo in Washington, D.C..
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Robert Henry Gibbs Robert Henry Gibbs, Jr. (1929–1988) was an American ichthyologist. He was a long-standing curator at the National Museum of Natural History and devoted much of his career to the study of pelagic and deep-sea fishes. He was also an avid conservationist and a member of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists for over 30 years.
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Linnaean Society of New England The Linnaean Society of New England (1814–1822) was established in Boston, Massachusetts, to promote natural history. The society organized a natural history museum and also arranged lectures and excursions for its members. In 1817 it became involved in the Gloucester sea serpent debate. Although the society itself did not last, its initial energy and rapid accomplishments helped shape the growing field of natural history in the early years of the United States.
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Alexander Wetmore Frank Alexander Wetmore (June 18, 1886 – December 7, 1978) was an American ornithologist and avian paleontologist. He was the sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
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Spencer Fullerton Baird Spencer Fullerton Baird ( ; February 3, 1823 – August 19, 1887) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, and museum curator. Baird was the first curator to be named at the Smithsonian Institution. He would eventually serve as assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian from 1850 to 1878, and as Secretary from 1878 until 1887. He was dedicated to expanding the natural history collections of the Smithsonian which he increased from 6,000 specimens in 1850 to over 2 million by the time of his death. He published over 1,000 works during his lifetime.
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William Stanley (mammalogist) William T. "Bill" Stanley (ca. 1957 – October 6, 2015) was an American mammalogist who was a manager of the collections at one of the world’s largest natural history museums and a student of the mammals of eastern Africa. He was an evolutionary biologist and mammalogist, and at the time of his death was the Director of the Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH) Collections Center and the Collection Manager of the “FMNH Collection of Mammals”. Stanley studied the biogeography, ecology, evolution, and systematics of shrews, bats and rodents that live on mountains within Tanzania and surrounding countries.
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Shya Chitaley Shyamala "Shya" Chitaley (15 February 1918 – 31 March 2013) was an Indian American Paleobotanist who had a nearly 60-year career of teaching and research in both the United States and India. She was the founder and first curator of the paleobotany department at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, winner of the 2010 Botanical Society of America Award for Contributions to Paleobotany, and author of approximately 150 publications.