David Humphreys Storer

David Humphreys Storer
David Humphreys Storer
Born	March 26, 1804; Portland, Maine
Died	September 10, 1891 (aged 87); Boston, Massachusetts
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Harvard Medical School, 1825; Bowdoin College, 1822[1]
Occupation	Physician
Spouse(s)	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 1855–1864,[2] and published on the reptiles and fishes of New England.[1]

The colubrid snake genus Storeria is named in his honor.[3]

Selected bibliography

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

Scudder, Samuel H. (1891). "David Humphreys Storer". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 27: 388–391. JSTOR 20020490.
"Past Deans of the Faculty of Medicine". Harvard Medical School. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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 Internet Archive
Works by or about David Humphreys Storer in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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[Jstor-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] 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).