Edgar Alexander Mearns
Edgar A. Mearns | |
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| Spouse | Ella Wittich |
Edgar Alexander Mearns (September 11, 1856 – November 1, 1916) was an American
American Ornithologists' Union
.
Life
Mearns was born in
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating in 1881.[1]
In 1881, he married Ella Wittich of Circleville, Ohio. The couple had one son and one daughter. Their son was born in 1886 and died in 1912.
Mearns became a doctor in the U.S. Army. From 1882 to 1899 he served the military as a surgeon. From 1899 to 1903, he was a medical officer in several army institutions. From 1903 to 1904 and from 1905 to 1907, he traveled to the Philippines; he had to interrupt his journey in 1904 because he came down with a parasitic disease. In 1905 a trip led him to
lieutenant colonel
.
Later that year
Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition as naturalist.[4] From 1911 to 1912 he was a member of the Childs Frick expedition in Africa to collect and prepare specimens of birds that Frick later presented to the Smithsonian Institution.[5]
Mearns co-founded the
Chihuahuan grasshopper mouse, and the rufous-headed tailorbird. He died in Washington, D.C.
, at the age of 60.
Eponyms
Several animal
Mearns's pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae mearnsi); and Petrosaurus mearnsi.[6]
References
- JSTOR 4072373.
- ^ Verdcourt, Bernard (June 1996). "Edgar Alexander Mearns - 1856-1916 - Collectors in East Africa - 24". The Conchologists' Newsletter. 137: 642–645.
- ISBN 9780598371058. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
- ^ "Edgar Alexander Mearns Papers". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ^ "The Childs Frick Expedition". Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: 122. 1912. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ("Mearns", p. 174).
External links
- Zoonomen.net: Short biography of Edgar Alexander Mearns
- Smithsonian Institution Archives.edu: Edgar Alexander Mearns Papers, circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated
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