David Humphreys Storer

David Humphreys Storer
Born	(1804-03-26)March 26, 1804 Portland, Maine, U.S.
Died	September 10, 1891(1891-09-10) (aged 87) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Harvard Medical School, 1825 Bowdoin College, 1822[1]
Occupation	Physician
Spouse	Abigail Jane Storer (nee Brewer)
Children	Horatio 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]

Physician and anti-abortion activist Horatio Storer (1830–1922) and chemist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and dean of the Bussey Institution at Harvard University Francis Humphreys Storer (1832-1914) are his sons.

Species descriptions

Among the fish he described are:

• The tessellated darter (Etheostoma olmstedi)
• The yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea)
• The rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum)
• The northern pipefish (Syngnathus fuscus)
• The kelp pipefish (Syngnathus californiensis)
• The ashy darter (Etheostoma cinereum)
• The northern studfish (Fundulus catenatus)
• The wrymouth (Cryptacanthodes maculatus), sometimes called a ghostfish
• The blackspotted topminnow, (Fundulus olivaceus)

He also described the snake: Storeria occipitomaculata, commonly known as the Redbelly Snake

• Category:Taxa named by David Humphreys Storer

Selected publications

• Storer, David Humphreys; Peabody, William Bourne Oliver (1839). Reports on the Fishes, Reptiles and Birds of Massachusetts. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers.
• Storer DH (1846). "A Synopsis of the Fishes of North America". Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2: 253–550.
• Storer DH (1853). "A History of the Fishes of Massachusetts". Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 5 (1): 122–168.
• Storer DH (1859). "A History of the Fishes of Massachusetts". Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 6 (2): 309–372.

References

1. Scudder, Samuel H. (1891). "David Humphreys Storer". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 27: 388–391. JSTOR 20020490.
2. "Past Deans of the Faculty of Medicine". Harvard Medical School. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
3. "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Storer", p. 255).

External links

• Works by or about David Humphreys Storer at the Internet Archive