Addison Emery Verrill

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Addison Emery Verrill (1839 - 1926) was an American zoologist.

Verrill was born in Greenwood, Maine. He studied under Louis Agassiz at Harvard University and then accepted a position as Yale University's first Professor of Zoology. He remained there for more than 40 years, teaching and serving as a curator at the Yale Peabody Museum.

Verrill published more than 350 papers and monographs, and described more than 1,000 species of animals.

In 1959 the Yale Peabody Museum established the Addison Emery Verrill Medal in his honour.

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