Emmett Reid Dunn
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Born | November 21, 1894 Academy of Natural Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Museum of Comparative Zoology |
Emmett Reid Dunn (November 21, 1894 – February 13, 1956) was an American
Early life and education
Emmett Reid Dunn was born on November 21, 1894, in
Career
In 1915, Dunn began publishing scientific papers on snakes and
In 1929, he began teaching in the Biology and Zoology departments at his alma mater, Haverford College, where he remained until his death in 1956.[2][6] In 1930, he married Alta Merle Taylor, a former Physical Education instructor at Smith College.[7][4] Taylor accompanied Dunn on several expeditions and often assisted with his research at Haverford and other institutions.[6] Dunn's proximity to Philadelphia led him to become the Honorary Curator of Reptiles at the Academy of Natural Sciences in 1937, another position that he held until his death. At the academy, Dunn, along with his wife, worked extensively with specimens collected by Edward Drinker Cope, which had fallen into disarray without a dedicated herpetology staff.[4][6] From 1930 to 1931, he served as the president of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.[1]
In 1944, Dunn conducted additional field work in South America through the Nelson Rockefeller Committee's Inter-American Cultural Exchange Program.
Dunn died on February 13, 1956, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.[1]
Eponyms
A number of reptiles were named in honor of Dunn, both species (binomials)[8] and subspecies (trinomials), including the following.
Species:
- Anolis dunni H.M. Smith, 1936 – Dunn's anole
- Atractus dunni Savage, 1955 – Dunn's ground snake
- Geophis dunni K.P. Schmidt, 1932 – Dunn's earth snake
- Hydromorphus dunni Slevin, 1942 – Dunn's water snake
- Kinosternon dunniK.P. Schmidt, 1947 – Colombian mud turtle
- Micrablepharus dunni Laurent, 1949 – Dunn's tinyfoot teiid, a synonym of Micrablepharus maximiliani (J.T. Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862)
- Porthidium dunni (Hartweg & J.A. Oliver, 1938) – Dunn's hognose pitviper
- Sibon dunni J.A. Peters, 1957 – Dunn's snail sucker
- Natrix tessellata (Laurenti, 1768)
- Sphaerodactylus dunniK.P. Schmidt, 1936 – Dunn's least gecko
Subspecies:
- python
- Mastigodryas boddaerti dunni (L.C. Stuart, 1933) – Dunn's tropical racer
- Micrurus dissoleucus dunni Barbour, 1923 – Dunn's pygmy coral snake
This author abbreviation is not to be confused with Dunn in botany, where it refers to Stephen Troyte Dunn.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f "The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders ... v.43". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Mitchell, Joseph C. (2013). "Emmett Reid Dunn and the Early History of Herpetology in Virginia" (PDF). Banisteria. 41: 27–39 – via Virginia Natural History Society.
- ^ "Resolution of Respect: Emmett Reid Dunn" (PDF). Bulletin of the Ecological Society of American. 37 (3): 87–88. September 1956 – via JSTOR.
- ^ ISSN 0045-8511.
- ^ "Dunn, Emmett Reid (United States 1894-1956)". Western Kentucky University. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
- ^ ISSN 0036-8075.
- ^ "Official Circulars, Smith College". 1927. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Dunn", pp. 77-78).
External links
- Hoff CC, Sharp AJ, Moore WG (1956). "Resolution of Respect: Emmett Reid Dunn, 1894-1956". Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 37 (3): 87–88. S2CID 181250301.
- JSTOR 1439389.