Waldo L. Schmitt

Waldo L. Schmitt
Born June 25, 1887
Washington, DC[1]
Died August 5, 1977 (aged 90)
Sandy Spring, Maryland[1]
Fields carcinology
Institutions United States National Museum, Bureau of Plant Industry
Alma mater George Washington University
Spouse Alvina Stumm

Waldo LaSalle Schmitt (1887–1977) was an American biologist born in Washington, D.C. He received his Ph.D. from George Washington University in 1922. In 1948, he received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Southern California. Schmitt's primary field of zoological investigation was carcinology, with special emphasis on the decapod crustaceans (crabs, lobsters, shrimp, and so on). His bibliography consists of more than seventy titles.[2]

Background

Biological expeditions

Invertebrates at 85 feet, Turtle Rock, Antarctica. Photo from Schmitt's Antarctic expedition, 1962-63

Participation in Scientific Societies

Lobster lunch aboard the research vessel Mureva, with dancers from Bora Bora. Photo from Schmitt's Smithsonian-Bredin Expedition, 1956.

Legacy

Camp Schmitt

Further reading

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Fenner A. Chace, Jr. (1978). "Waldo LaSalle Schmitt, 25 June 1887 – 5 August 1977". Crustaceana 34 (1): 83–90. doi:10.1163/156854078x00583. JSTOR 20103251.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 David E. Lanar. "Review of the Life of Waldo LaSalle Schmitt, Father of Waldo Ernest Schmitt". bsa-troop33.net. Troop 33, Takoma Park. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  3. Waldo's Wilds at the Wayback Machine (archived August 21, 2008)
  4. Carrie Arnold (August 19, 2013). "Where’s Waldo? Off the Pacific Coast". Weird & Wild, National Geographic. Retrieved September 15, 2013.

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