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Theodore Nicholas Gill (March 21, 1837 – September 25, 1914) was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist, and librarian. Career [ edit ] Born and educated in New York City under private tutors, Gill early showed interest in natural history.
Theodore Nicholas Gill (1837-1914) was born in New York, NY, and died in Washington, D.C.. He was a zoologist, Smithsonian librarian, Library of Congress assistant librarian, and associated with George Washington University. SIA RU000095 [SA-601]. Gill attempted being a professor at Columbian College in 1860; however, after it was noted that ...
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THEODORE NICHOLAS GILL About this time Dr. William Stimpson, the distinguished student of invertebrate zoology, while in New York heard amusing references to a young student of law who kept a horse's skull under his desk at the office where he was studying. Investigating this phenomenon further, he made Gill's ac-quaintance.
Theodore Nicholas Gill. (Photo courtesy of the MCZ) 21 March 1937 – 1914. Born: New York, N.Y.. Died: Washington, D.C.. Occupation: Ichthyologist, Malacologist ...
Champsocephalus was first formally described as a genus in 1862 by the American ichthyologist Theodore Nicholas Gill as he thought that its type species, Chaenichthys esox which had been described in 1861 by Albert Günther, was distinct enough to be classified in its own genus. [1] The genus name is a compound of champsos meaning “crocodile ...
- Actinopterygii
- Champsocephalus, T. N. Gill, 1862
Chirodactylus was described as a genus in 1862 by the American ichthyologist Theodore Nicholas Gill with the South American Cheilodactylus antonii, which had been described by Achille Valenciennes in 1833, as the type species by monotypy. Gill subsequently included two other species in Chirodactylus, C. grandis and C, variegatus.
May 1, 2024 · Taxon names authored (List may be incomplete) 276 taxon names authored by Theodore Nicholas Gill; Publications [edit] (List may be incomplete) 1858 [edit]. Gill, T.N. 1858. Synopsis of the fresh water fishes of the western portion of the island of Trinidad, W. I. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 6(nos 10–13, art. 38): 363–430.
