Charles Henry Gilbert
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Charles Henry Gilbert (December 5, 1859 in
Early life and education
Born in
Personal life
Little is known about Gilbert's personal life.[4][5][6] His wife, Julia Ringold Hughes (born December 6, 1849, Bloomington, Indiana) was a student at Indiana University and became superintendent of high schools in Bloomington. She died in California on November 30, 1916. There were three children, Carl (1891‒1963), Winnifred (Mrs. Carl F. Braun, 1886‒1980), and Ruth (Mrs. Percy R. Baker, 1885‒1982), all of whom graduated from Stanford University.[2][7][8]
Early and mid-career
Jordan and Gilbert, along with other students forming the so-called "Jordan School of Ichthyology", explored the streams and rivers of
By the time Gilbert received his doctoral degree at the age of 24, he was the author or co-author (mostly with Jordan) of over 80 scientific publications. Gilbert served at Indiana University from 1880‒1884, first as instructor, then as Assistant Professor in Natural Sciences and Modern Languages. In 1884, he accepted the Professorship of Natural History at the University of Cincinnati, in Ohio, remaining there until December 1888. In 1889, Gilbert returned to Indiana University as Professor of Natural History.[1][2][3]
Jordan became President of Indiana University in 1885. However, in 1890, U.S. Senator
Career at Stanford University
At
Around 1909, Gilbert turned his attention to the study of
In his later years, Gilbert became an outspoken champion of the need for conservation of Pacific salmon resources, warning all who would listen that this resource was in dire jeopardy unless over-fishing was curtailed. His world view was far ahead of his time and he urged the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries to instigate data collection programs for Alaska salmon.[1]
Always formal and proper, Gilbert nevertheless was a demanding person with a sharp eye and an even sharper temper. He supervised the graduate studies of several ichthyologists and fishery biologists who became notable in their field, among them William Francis Thompson (1888‒1965) and Carl Leavitt Hubbs (1894‒1979).[1][2][7][8]
Legacy
Gilbert died in 1928 at the age of 68, but he is remembered and honored by ichthyologists and fishery biologists around the world for his many contributions. The Gilbert Fisheries Society was established in 1931 at the
In 1998, the UW School of Fisheries (now the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences) was the recipient of the "Dorothy T. Gilbert Endowed Ichthyology Research Fund," established by Dorothy Thomlinson Gilbert (1929‒2008), the wife of William W. Gilbert, the late grandson of Charles Henry. In 2008, the Dorothy T. Gilbert Endowed Professorship was established in the UW College of Ocean and Fisheries Science (now the College of the Environment) with the initial occupant of that position being the distinguished UW ichthyologist, Theodore Wells Pietsch III (1945‒ ).
Gilbert is commemorated in the scientific names of three species of lizards:
The Gilbert's garden eel Ariosoma gilberti was named by James Douglas Ogilby.[16]
References
- ^ a b c d Dunn, J. Richard (1996). "Charles H. Gilbert, pioneer ichthyologist and fishery biologist". Marine Fisheries Review. 58 (1‒2): 1‒2.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-935868-91-3.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-217-38224-3.)
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: CS1 maint: location (link - ^ Information on Gilbert’s early life has not been found. His records at Indiana University were apparently destroyed in a fire in the zoology building (Dunn, 1997:276, footnote 6). Few of his records have survived at the University of Cincinnati (Dunn, 1997:276, footnote 7).
- ^ Most Stanford University Zoology Department papers from Gilbert's era are missing from the archives and only a few files exist (Dunn, 1997:276, footnote 2).
- ^ Gilbert's personal files were destroyed by his family upon his death, according to his grandson William W. Gilbert (Dunn, 1997:276, footnote 9).
- ^ PMID 17788175.
- ^ a b c d Jordan, David Starr (July 1928). "Charles Henry Gilbert (1859‒1928)". Stanford Illustrated Review: 510‒514.
- ISBN 978-0-935868-91-3.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-935868-91-3.
- ^ Dunn, J. Richard (1996). "Charles Henry Gilbert (1859-1928), naturalist-in-charge, and Chauncy Thomas, Jr. (1850-1919), commanding: Conflict aboard the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross in 1902". Marine Fisheries Review. 58 (1‒2): 3‒16.
- ^ Dunn, J. Richard (1996). "Charles Henry Gilbert (1859-1928), naturalist-in-charge: The 1906 North Pacific expedition of the steamer Albatross". Marine Fisheries Review. 58 (1‒2): 17‒28.
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- ^ Manar, Thomas A., "Charles H. Gilbert and the Charles H. Gilbert," Marine Fisheries Review, National Marine Fisheries Service, Washington, D.C., Volume 36, Number 1, January 1974, p. 48 Accessed 28 August 2021
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5 – via Google Books. xiii + 296 pp. (C. Gilbert, p. 100).
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families MURAENESOCIDAE, NETTASTOMATIDAE, CONGRIDAE, MORINGUIDAE, CYEMATIDAE, NEOCYEMATIDAE, MONOGNATHIDAE, SACCOPHARYNGIDAE, EURYPHARYNGIDAE, NEMICHTHYIDAE, SERRIVOMERIDAE and ANGUILLID". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Series EUPERCARIA (Incertae sedis): Families CALLANTHIIDAE, CENTROGENYIDAE, DINOLESTIDAE, DINOPERCIDAE, EMMELICHTHYIDAE, MALACANTHIDAE, MONODACTYLIDAE, MORONIDAE, PARASCORPIDIDAE, SCIAENIDAE and SILLAGINIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
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