David Humphreys Storer | |
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Born | |
Died | September 10, 1891 | (aged 87)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
Harvard Medical School, 1825 Bowdoin College, 1822 [1] |
Occupation | Physician |
Spouse | Abigail Jane Storer (nee Brewer) |
Children |
Horatio Robinson Storer Francis Humphreys Storer Abby Matilda Storer Mary Goddard Storer Robert Woodbury Storer |
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David Humphreys Storer (March 26, 1804 – September 10, 1891) was an American physician and naturalist. He served as dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard Medical School from 1855 to 1864. [2]
He identified numerous fish species and published on the reptiles and fishes of New England. [1] He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1872. [3]
The colubrid snake genus Storeria is named in his honor. [4]
Among the fish he described are:
He also described the snake: Storeria occipitomaculata, commonly known as the Redbelly Snake