Alfred Cleveland Weed
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Albert Cleveland Weed was an American ichthyologist, known for expeditions to the Arctic, where he catalogued the region's fish.[1][2]
Weed was born in North Rose, New York, and earned his bachelor's degree at Cornell University.[1]
He was hired as assistant curator of the Field Museum of Natural History in 1921.[2] By his retirement, in 1942, he was serving as full curator of the Fishery department.[3]
He made multiple scientific field trips to Labrador and Greenland in the 1920s and 1930s.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 THE WASHINGTON BIOLOGISTS’ FIELD CLUB: ITS MEMBERS AND ITS HISTORY (1900-2006), Washington Biologists’ Field Club. Retrieved on 2020-12-20.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 1922 – Alfred C. Weed’s Notes, INHS Herpetology Collection. Retrieved on 2020-12-20.
- ↑ Fishes - History, Field Museum of Natural History. Retrieved on 2020-12-20.