Albert Brennus Ulrey was a marine biologist, born in North Manchester, Indiana

North Manchester, Indiana

North Manchester is a town in Chester Township, Wabash County, Indiana, United States. Peter Ogan, acting as the town’s founder filed for recording the 'Original Plat of Manchester' on February 13, 1846...

, December 31, 1860 and died 21 December 1932 in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, California.

Career

He was the first biology instructor at Manchester College in Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

, joining the faculty in 1894, and also the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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’s first marine biologist, hired in 1901. He ultimately became the Director of the Marine Biological Station of the University of Southern California.

Publications

• “A Review of the Embioticidae,” Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries (V. 25 1905), Volume 12 (1894)
• “The Marine Fishes of Southern California,” Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, Volumes 21-24 (1922)