Charles Haskins Townsend

Charles Haskins Townsend
Born	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, born at Parnassus, Pennsylvania^[1]. From 1897 to 1902 he was connected with the United States Fish Commission, serving as chief of the fisheries division. He then served as director of the New York Aquarium at Castle Garden, from 1902 until his retirement in 1937^[1]. He wrote extensively on fisheries, whaling, fur seals, deep-sea exploration and zoology.

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 name of Townsend's Shearwater.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Townsend, Charles Haskins" in Who Was Who in America: Science and Technology. (1976). Marquis Who's Who. p. 610.

Further reading

• National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, (1945) v.32, p. 37.
• Grant, Chapman. (1947). "Dr. Charles Haskins Townsend". Herpetologica 4(1): 38-40.

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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Date of birth	1859
Place of birth	Parnassus, Pennsylvania
Date of death	1944
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