Frederick Bayer

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Frederick Merkle Bayer (October 31, 1921 — October 2, 2007) was an

soft corals.[1]

Early life and education

Frederick Bayer was born on

naturalist.[1]

Bayer joined the

butterflies throughout New Guinea, the Philippines, and Okinawa.[1]

Bayer received his bachelor's degree from the University of Miami.[1] He continued his studies and obtained a master's degree in taxonomy from George Washington University in 1954.[1] In 1958, he completed a doctorate in taxonomy from George Washington University.[1]

Career

Bayer worked at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History from 1947 until 1961.[1] He returned to work at the museum again from 1975 until 1996. He served as a professor at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science between 1961 and 1975. While at the University of Miami, Bayer participated in a number of soft coral-collecting expeditions in the Caribbean Sea and in the waters off West Africa.[1]

Following his arrival at the Smithsonian, Bayer was sent to

nuclear testing on the island's marine life, as part of the re-survey conducted one year after the Able and Baker tests of 1946 were carried out.[3] Bayer also spent several months doing field research throughout the rest of Micronesia.[1]

Bayer wrote over 130 scholarly papers on the history and

genera, and three new families.[1]

Emperor Hirohito, who was also a marine biologist, actually named a hydroid, Hydractinia bayeri, in honor of Frederick Bayer.[1] Bayer returned the favor while Hirohito was on a state visit to Washington, D.C. in 1975. He presented Hirohito with a rare snail shell which was the "size of a hat."[1]

Bayer served as a member of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature from 1972 to 1995.[1]

He was also an accomplished biological illustrator. Bayer painted and designed a total of fourteen scientifically accurate marine scenes. These particular scenes were used for a set of Haitian postage stamps in 1973.[1]

Death

Frederick Bayer died of

congestive heart failure on October 2, 2007, at the Washington Home hospice in Washington D.C. at the age of 85.[1]

Taxa named in honor

Taxa named in honor of Frederick Bayer include:

Taxa named by him

Taxa named by Frederick Bayer include:

gastropods:

bivalves:

See also

Other

malacologists
named Bayer include:

References

  1. ^
    Boston Globe
    . Retrieved 2007-10-23.
  2. ^ Cairns, Stephen (2007-11-03). "In memoriam: Dr. Frederick "Ted" Bayer". Deep Sea News. Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2007-10-29.
  3. ^ Ewing, Heather (2010). "The Bikini Atoll Survey 'Operation Crossroads,' 1946-47". National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
  4. ^
    Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 65(2): 86-87
    .
  5. ^ Kantor, Y.; Gofas, S. (2010). Latiromitra cryptodon. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141851 on 2011-09-12
  6. ^ a b Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (15 February 2011). 2,400 years of malacology, 8th ed. Archived November 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, 936 pp. + 42 pp. [Annex of Collations]. American Malacological Society

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