Charles Haskins Townsend

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Charles Haskins Townsend
Charles Haskins Townsend
Born	September 29, 1859 Parnassus, Pennsylvania
Died	1944
Fields	Zoology
Institutions	United States Fish Commission New York Aquarium

Charles Haskins Townsend, Sc.D. (1859–1944) was an American zoologist.

Early life

He was born at Parnassus, Pennsylvania,^[1] and educated in public and private schools.^[2]

Career

In 1883, he became assistant United States Fish Commissioner in charge of salmon propagation in California. For a time, he was in charge of deep-sea explorations on the USS Albatross.^[3] From 1897 to 1902, he served as chief of the Fish Commission's fisheries division. He then served as director of the New York Aquarium at Castle Garden, from 1902 until his retirement in 1937.^[1]

Memberships and honors

In 1902 he was an expert before the Russo-American fisheries arbitration at The Hague.^[1] In 1912-13 he was president of the American Fisheries Society.^[1] He was elected a fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences.^[1]

He is commemorated in the names of Townsend's Shearwater and the Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi).

Writing

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Charles Haskins Townsend

He wrote extensively on fisheries, whaling, fur seals, deep-sea exploration and zoology.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Townsend, Charles Haskins" in Who Was Who in America: Science and Technology. (1976). Marquis Who's Who. p. 610.
↑ Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Townsend, Charles Haskins". Encyclopedia Americana.
↑ Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Deep-Sea Exploration". Encyclopedia Americana.

External links

Townsend Charts at the Wildlife Conservation Society
The Galapagos Tortoises—paper by Townsend, (1925) from Zoologica v.4(3).
"Where the Nineteenth Century Whaler Made His Catch". (1931). New York Zoological Society v.34(6), p. 173-179.

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Name	Townsend, Charles Haskins
Alternative names
Short description	American ornithologist
Date of birth	September 29, 1859
Place of birth	Parnassus, Pennsylvania
Date of death	1944
Place of death

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