Arthur Wilbur Henn

Arthur Wilbur Henn
Born(1890-03-08)March 8, 1890
Evansville, Indiana, US
DiedMay 8, 1959(1959-05-08) (aged 69)
Winter Park, Florida, US
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsCarnegie Museum of Natural History

Arthur Wilbur Henn, (March 8, 1890, in Evansville, Indiana – May 8, 1959, in Winter Park, Florida), was an American ichthyologist and herpetologist. Henn succeeded Carl H. Eigenmann to the position of Curator of Fishes at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. He was the longest-serving Treasurer in the history of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists from 1931 to 1949.[1] He dedicated much of his life to conversation and public education.

Selected taxa author by Henn

References

  1. ^ Bowman, Inci A.; Smith, David G. (2015-06-10). "Arthur Wilbur Henn: Unsung Hero of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists". Copeia. 103 (2): 455–466. doi:10.1643/OT-15-232. ISSN 0045-8511. S2CID 85828053. Archived from the original on 2024-05-01. Retrieved 2016-04-01.


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