List of malacologists
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This is a list of malacologists, people who study or studied mollusks. In other words, this is a list of notable scientists, biologist
s, zoologists
or naturalist
s, who are or were interested in malacology
, which is the scientific study of the Mollusca
. Many of these malacologists are notable for having named species and other taxa
of mollusks. People who specialize in studying only or primarily the shells of mollusks
are sometimes called conchologists
instead of malacologists.
This list focuses primarily on people who study or studied Recent taxa of mollusks rather than fossil
mollusks, i.e. only a few paleontologists are included here. The list includes malacologists who are still alive, as well as those who lived in previous centuries. The list also includes researchers who devoted some of their research effort to malacology and some to other sciences.
Considering that mollusks are such a very large and diverse phylum
of invertebrate
s, malacology in general is still greatly understaffed in its research efforts. For example, there is no living malacological expert who can properly identify all the species of Onchidiidae
(about 143 species). There are also not enough malacologists studying freshwater snail
s.
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Biologist
A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work...
s, zoologists
Zoology
Zoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct...
or naturalist
Naturalist
Naturalist may refer to:* Practitioner of natural history* Conservationist* Advocate of naturalism * Naturalist , autobiography-See also:* The American Naturalist, periodical* Naturalism...
s, who are or were interested in malacology
Malacology
Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology which deals with the study of the Mollusca , the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, octopus and squid, and numerous other kinds, many of which have shells...
, which is the scientific study of the Mollusca
Mollusca
The Mollusca , common name molluscs or mollusksSpelled mollusks in the USA, see reasons given in Rosenberg's ; for the spelling mollusc see the reasons given by , is a large phylum of invertebrate animals. There are around 85,000 recognized extant species of molluscs. Mollusca is the largest...
. Many of these malacologists are notable for having named species and other taxa
Taxon
|thumb|270px|[[African elephants]] form a widely-accepted taxon, the [[genus]] LoxodontaA taxon is a group of organisms, which a taxonomist adjudges to be a unit. Usually a taxon is given a name and a rank, although neither is a requirement...
of mollusks. People who specialize in studying only or primarily the shells of mollusks
Mollusc shell
The mollusc shell is typically a calcareous exoskeleton which encloses, supports and protects the soft parts of an animal in the phylum Mollusca, which includes snails, clams, tusk shells, and several other classes...
are sometimes called conchologists
Conchology
Conchology is the scientific or amateur study of mollusc shells. Conchology is one aspect of malacology, the study of molluscs, however malacology studies molluscs as whole organisms, not just their shells. Conchology pre-dated malacology as a field of study. It includes the study of land and...
instead of malacologists.
This list focuses primarily on people who study or studied Recent taxa of mollusks rather than fossil
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
mollusks, i.e. only a few paleontologists are included here. The list includes malacologists who are still alive, as well as those who lived in previous centuries. The list also includes researchers who devoted some of their research effort to malacology and some to other sciences.
Considering that mollusks are such a very large and diverse phylum
Phylum
In biology, a phylum The term was coined by Georges Cuvier from Greek φῦλον phylon, "race, stock," related to φυλή phyle, "tribe, clan." is a taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class. "Phylum" is equivalent to the botanical term division....
of invertebrate
Invertebrate
An invertebrate is an animal without a backbone. The group includes 97% of all animal species – all animals except those in the chordate subphylum Vertebrata .Invertebrates form a paraphyletic group...
s, malacology in general is still greatly understaffed in its research efforts. For example, there is no living malacological expert who can properly identify all the species of Onchidiidae
Onchidiidae
Onchidiidae are a family of small, air-breathing sea slugs. They are shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod molluscs. Onchidiidae is the only family within the superfamily Onchidioidea....
(about 143 species). There are also not enough malacologists studying freshwater snail
Freshwater snail
A freshwater snail is one kind of freshwater mollusc, the other kind being freshwater clams and mussels, i.e. freshwater bivalves. Specifically a freshwater snail is a gastropod that lives in a watery non-marine habitat. The majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions....
s.
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- William Adam (malacologist)William Adam (malacologist)William Adam was a Belgian malacologist who specialised in cephalopods. Adam described a number of cuttlefish and bobtail squid species, including Euprymna hoylei, Sepia cottoni, Sepia dollfusi, Sepia dubia, Sepia reesi, Sepia sewelli, Sepia thurstoni, Sepia vercoi, and Sepiola...
(1909–1988) from Belgium - Johann Christian Albers (1795–1857) from Germany
- Joshua AlderJoshua AlderJoshua Alder , was a British zoologist and a malacologist. He specialized in the Tunicata, and in gastropods.- Bibliography :* Alder J. . "Supplement to a catalogue of the land and fresh-water testaceous Mollusca, found in the vicinity of Newcastle". Transactions of the Natural History Society of...
(1792–1867) from Great Britain - Frederick AldrichFrederick AldrichFrederick Allen Aldrich AB, M.Sc., Ph.D. was a prominent marine biologist and educator. He is best remembered for his research on giant squid....
(1927–1991) from the USA - Truman Heminway Aldrich (1848–1932) from the USA, civil engineer and paleontologist
- R. Tucker AbbottR. Tucker AbbottRobert Tucker Abbott was an American conchologist and malacologist . He was the author of more than 30 books on malacology, which have been translated into many languages....
(1919–1995) from the USA - Arthur Adams (zoologist)Arthur Adams (zoologist)Arthur Adams was an English physician and naturalist.Adams was assistant surgeon on board H.M.S. "Actaeon" in company with HMS Samarang in the British Navy during the survey of the Malay Archipelago, the Japan Sea, Korea and China,from 1843 to 1846. He edited the Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S....
(1820–1878) from Great Britain - Charles Baker AdamsCharles Baker AdamsCharles Baker Adams was an American educator and naturalist.-Biography:He was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1814, the son of Charles J...
(1814–1853) from the USA - Henry Adams (zoologist)Henry Adams (zoologist)Henry Adams was an English naturalist and conchologist.With his brother Arthur Adams, also a noted conchologist, he wrote three volumes, 1858.-References:...
(1813–1877) from Great Britain - César Marie Félix AnceyCésar Marie Félix AnceyCésar Marie Félix Ancey was a French conchologist and entomologist.He was for 23 years ‘conservateur’ of collections for Charles Oberthür at Rennes...
(1860–1906) from France - Edwin AshbyEdwin AshbyEdwin Ashby was an Adelaide based Australian property developer and a noted malacologist interested in chitons and ornithologist. He was a founding member of the South Australian Ornithological Association in 1899, and of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union in 1901 for which he served...
(1861–1941) from Australia, expert in chitons - Jean Victoire AudouinJean Victoire Audouinthumb|Victor AudouinJean Victoire Audouin , sometimes Victor Audouin, was a French naturalist, an entomologist, ornithologist and malacologist.Audouin was born in Paris and studied medicine...
(1797–1841) from France
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- Katsuyoshi Baba, a Japanese malacologist who published a monograph of the fossil mollusks of Japan in 1990
- Károly Bába (1935–2007), from Hungary
- Kikutaro BabaKikutaro Babawas a Japanese malacologist. He was the leading researcher on sea slugs and bubble snails, opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in Japan.- Biography :* 1932-1941 Kyushu University* 1948-1949 Osaka Kyoiku University* 1976 - Order of the Rising Sun...
(1905–2001), from Japan - Paul BartschPaul BartschPaul Bartsch was an American malacologist and carcinologist.Paul Bartsch emigrated to the U.S.A in 1880. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a B.S. in 1896, and M.S. in 1899, and PhD in 1905...
(1871–1960), an American malacologist and carcinologist of German origin - Fred Baker (1854–1938), from the USA
- Horace Burrington Baker (1889–1991), from the USA
- David Dwight BaldwinDavid Dwight BaldwinDavid Dwight Baldwin was a businessman, educator, and biologist on Maui in the Hawaiian islands. Within biology he is known for his contributions to the study of Hawaiian land snails, part of malacology....
(1831–1912), from Hawaii, USA. Studied land snails of Hawaii. - Klaus Bandel (1941), paleontologist and malacologist from Germany, at Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut und Museum of the University of HamburgUniversity of HamburgThe University of Hamburg is a university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by Wilhelm Stern and others. It grew out of the previous Allgemeines Vorlesungswesen and the Kolonialinstitut as well as the Akademisches Gymnasium. There are around 38,000 students as of the start of...
- Charles Gustave François Hubert Bayer (1887–1956), from Netherlands
- Frederick BayerFrederick BayerFrederick Merkle Bayer was the emeritus curator of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, as well as a prominent marine biologist who specialized in the study of soft corals.-Early life:...
(1921–2007), from the USA - L. Bayer from Belgium/Africa
- Henrik Henricksen Beck (1799–1863), from Denmark
- William Henry BensonWilliam Henry BensonWilliam Henry Benson was a civil servant in British India and an amateur malacologist. He made large collections of molluscs and described numerous species. He was a malacologist occurring in the U.K., India and South Africa.He joined Haileybury College in 1819 and joined the East India Company at...
(1803-1870), malacologist from "U.K./India/South Africa" - Joseph Charles BequaertJoseph Charles BequaertJoseph Charles Bequaert was an American naturalist of Belgian origin, born 24 May 1886 in Torhout and died on 12 January 1982 in Amherst ....
- Rudolph BerghRudolph BerghRudolph Bergh , full name Ludvig Sophus Rudolph Bergh, was a Danish physician and malacologist. He worked in Copenhagen....
- Samuel Stillman BerrySamuel Stillman BerrySamuel Stillman Berry was a U.S. marine zoologist specialized on cephalopods.He was born in Unity, Maine but the family home was the Winnecook Ranch in Montana, which had been founded by his father Ralph in 1880. In 1897, he moved with his mother and two cousins to Redlands, California.Berry...
- Michael Bielz (1827 – 1898) Austrian-Hungarian and Transylvanian schwabish zoologist, malacologist
- Eduard Albert Bielz (1787 – 1866) Austrian-Hungarian and Transylvanian zoologist malacologist (son of Michael Bielz)
- William G. BinneyWilliam G. BinneyWilliam Green Binney William G. Binney, as he is usually referenced, was an American malacologist, working mostly during the second half of the nineteenth century...
- Willis BlatchleyWillis BlatchleyWillis Stanley Blatchley was an American entomologist, malacologist and geologist...
- Caesar Rudolf BoettgerCaesar Rudolf BoettgerCaesar Rudolf Boettger was a German zoologist born in Frankfurt am Main. He specialized in malacology, particularly studying the land snails and slugs....
- Oskar BoettgerOskar BoettgerOskar Boettger was a German zoologist who was a native of Frankfurt am Main. He was an uncle of the noted malacologist Caesar Rudolf Boettger ....
- Ignaz von Born (1742–1791), from Austria
- Filippo BonanniFilippo BonanniFilippo Bonanni or Buonanni was Italian Jesuit scholar, born in Rome. Among his many works of erudition are the two-volume Numismata Pontificum Romanorum in , and the Gabinetto Armonico in 1723, a splendid collection of 150 engravings of musical instruments from around the world.-Scientific...
- Philippe BouchetPhilippe BouchetPhilippe Bouchet is a French scientist, a zoologist whose primary scientific field of study is malacology. He is a senior professor at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, and is head of the Malacology laboratory and the Taxonomy Collections Unit there...
- Jules René BourguignatJules René BourguignatJules René Bourguignat was a French malacologist, a scientist who studied mollusks.-Taxa:Bourguignat named and described many species of mollusks, including:* Lanistes alexandri Bourguignat, 1850, a species of freshwater snail...
- John William BrazierJohn William Brazier- External links :* http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030206b.htm...
(1842–1930), from Australia - William BroderipWilliam BroderipWilliam John Broderip was an English lawyer and naturalist.-Life:Broderip, the eldest son of William Broderip, surgeon from Bristol, was born at Bristol on 21 November 1789, and, after being educated at Bristol Grammar School under the Rev. Samuel Seyer, matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford, and...
- Captain Thomas Brown (naturalist)Thomas Brown (naturalist)Captain Thomas Brown was a British naturalist and malacologist.Born in Perth, Scotland, he was educated at the Edinburgh High School. At the age of twenty, he joined the Forfar and Kincardine Militia, raising to the rank of captain in 1811. When he was quartered in Manchester, he became...
(1785–1862), from Britain - Adolph Cornelis van BruggenAdolph Cornelis van BruggenAdolph Cornelis van Bruggen, also known as A. C. van Bruggen or Dolf van Bruggen is a malacologist, entomologist and botanist from the Netherlands. His interest in the tropics and tropical Africa has dominated his broad scientific interest for more than 50 years now...
(A. C. van Bruggen, Dolf van Bruggen) (1929), from Netherlands and South Africa - Jean Guillaume BruguièreJean Guillaume BruguièreJean Guillaume Bruguière was a French physician, zoologist and diplomat.Bruguière was born in Montpellier.He was a doctor, connected to the University of Montpellier. His was interested in invertebrates, mostly snails ....
- Spiridon BrusinaSpiridon BrusinaSpiridon Brusina was a Croatian malacologist.Together with Oton Kučera and Gjuro Pilar, he founded the Croatian Society of Natural Sciences in Zagreb in the late 1885.- Taxa described :* Drobacia Brusina, 1904...
(1845–1909), from Croatia - Rykel de BruyneRykel de BruyneRykel de Bruyne is a Dutch malacologist.He is the coordinator of the "Atlas Project of Dutch Mollusca" by Anemoon Foundation and has contributed greatly to the popularization of malacology in the Netherlands.He worked for the "National Institute for Fisheries Research" at the...
, from Netherlands - James BulwerJames BulwerThe Reverend James Bulwer was an English collector, naturalist and conchologist.Bulwer was born at Aylsham in Norfolk and studied at Jesus College, Cambridge...
- John B. BurchJohn B. BurchJohn Bayard Burch is an American zoologist, a biology professor at the University of Michigan, and is the Curator of Mollusks at the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. His research interests are broad, and have encompassed not only the anatomy, systematics, and genetics of mollusks, but...
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- Frédéric CailliaudFrédéric CailliaudFrédéric Cailliaud was a French naturalist, mineralogist and conchologist. He was born, and died, in Nantes.He travelled in Egypt, Nubia, and Ethiopia, collecting minerals and making observations...
- Philip Pearsall Carpenter
- Johann Hieronymus ChemnitzJohann Hieronymus ChemnitzJohann Hieronymus Chemnitz was a German clergyman and a conchologist.He continued the work of Friedrich Wilhelm Martini , Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet...
- Jean-Charles ChenuJean-Charles ChenuJean-Charles Chenu was a French physician and naturalist. Chenu is the author of an Encyclopaedia of Natural History.-Bibliography:Natural history...
- Carl ChunCarl ChunDr. Carl Chun was a German marine biologist.Chun was born in Höchst, today a part of Frankfurt, and studied zoology at the University of Leipzig where, after posts in Königsberg and Breslau, he was appointed professor for biology in 1892...
- George Hubbard ClappGeorge Hubbard ClappGeorge Hubbard Clapp was an American pioneer in the aluminum industry and also a numismatist.He was born on December 14 in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, now a part of Pittsburgh, the son of Delia Dennig Hubbard and DeWitt Clinton Clapp, an iron company executive. He graduated from the Western...
- William J. ClenchWilliam J. ClenchWilliam James Clench was an American malacologist, professor at Harvard University and curator of the mollusk collection in the malacology department of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.Clench was born in Brooklyn, but was largely raised in Massachusetts. In 1913 he entered the...
- Stefan ClessinStefan Clessin- Bibliography :* Clessin S. . "Studien über die Familie der Paludinen". Malakozoologische Blätter 2: 161-196.- Taxa described :He named numerous species of non-marine gastropod mollusks, including:* Bythiospeum pfeifferi...
- Theodore Dru Alison CockerellTheodore Dru Alison CockerellTheodore Dru Alison Cockerell was an American zoologist, born at Norwood, England, and brother of Sydney Cockerell. He was educated at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, and then studied botany in the field in Colorado in 1887-90...
- Walter Edward Collinge (1867–1947), from the United Kingdom
- Phil Colman, from Australia
- Matthew William Kemble ConnollyMatthew William Kemble ConnollyMatthew William Kemble Connolly was a British army officer and malacologist.-Biography:Connolly was born at Bath, the son of Vice-Admiral Matthew Connolly, R.N., and his wife Harriet Kemble. He was educated at Haileybury College and went to RMA Sandhurst...
(1872–1947), from Great Britain and South Africa - Timothy Abbott ConradTimothy Abbott ConradTimothy Abbott Conrad was an American geologist, malacologist and carcinologist.- External links :* at Internet Archive...
- Charles Montague Cooke, Jr. (1874–1948), from Hawaii
- William Cooper (conchologist)William Cooper (conchologist)William Cooper was an American conchologist and collector.Cooper studied zoology in Europe from 1821 to 1824, and afterwards travelled to Nova Scotia, Kentucky and the Bahamas collecting specimens. Although he was not an author himself his specimens were of great help to others, such as John James...
- Alexandre Édouard Maurice CossmannMaurice CossmannMaurice Cossmann, full name Alexandre Édouard Maurice Cossmann was a French paleontologist and malacologist.Maurice Cossmann's father was an artist draughtsman and a talented lithographer. His early education was at Condorcet College in Paris and he later gained the Diploma of the Central School...
(1850–1924), from France - James Hamilton Couper (1794–1866), from the USA
- Joseph Pitty CouthouyJoseph Pitty CouthouyJoseph Pitty Couthouy was an American naval officer, conchologist, and invertebrate palaeontologist. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he entered the Boston Latin School in 1820. He married Mary Greenwood Wild on 9 March 1832.Couthouy applied to President Andrew Jackson for a position on the...
- James Charles CoxJames Charles CoxJames Charles Cox was an Australian physician and conchologist.Cox was born at Mulgoa, southwest of Sydney where he played with Aboriginal children and leared from them about native birds and animals. He was educated at the local parish school and the King's School, Parramatta...
- Leslie Reginald CoxLeslie Reginald CoxLeslie Reginald Cox was an eminent palaeontologist and malacologist.Cox was born to parents who worked as government servant in the Post Office telephone engineers' department. When he was just a few years old Cox moved to Harringay, where he at six he started attendance at the South Harringay...
- Henry CramptonHenry CramptonHenry Edward Crampton was an American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist, who specialized in the study of land snails. Crampton made twelve separate expeditions over the course of his career to Moorea near Tahiti to study the land snail genus Partula, while years more were spent measuring...
- Joseph Charles Hippolyte CrosseJoseph Charles Hippolyte CrosseJoseph Charles Hippolyte Crosse was a French conchologist.-Works:*Notice sur les bulimes de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, et description de deux espèces nouvelles .*Descriptions de coquilles nouvelles ....
- Hugh CumingHugh CumingHugh Cuming was an English collector who was interested in natural history, particularly in conchology and botany. He has been described as the "Prince of Collectors"....
- Georges CuvierGeorges CuvierGeorges Chrétien Léopold Dagobert Cuvier or Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier , known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist...
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- S. Peter Dance
- Emanuel Mendez da CostaEmanuel Mendez da CostaEmanuel Mendez da Costa was an English botanist, naturalist, philosopher, and collector of valuable notes and of manuscripts, and of anecdotes of the literati....
- William Healey DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
- Philippe DautzenbergPhilippe DautzenbergPhilippe Dautzenberg was a Belgian malacologist, in other words, he was a biologist who specialized in the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with mollusks...
- Léopold de FolinLéopold de FolinLéopold de Folin was an author, oceanographer, malacologist and early founder of the collections which were to become the Musée de la mer in Biarritz, France...
- Pierre Denys de MontfortPierre Denys de MontfortPierre Denys de Montfort, also sometimes spelled "Pierre Dénys de Montfort", was a French naturalist, in particular a malacologist, remembered today for his pioneering inquiries into the existence of the giant squid Architeuthis, which was thought to be an old wives' tale, and for which he was...
- Richard DellRichard DellDr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
- Gérard Paul DeshayesGérard Paul DeshayesGérard Paul Deshayes was a French geologist and conchologist.He was born in Nancy, his father at that time being professor of experimental physics in the École Centrale of the Meurthe département....
- Charles des MoulinsCharles des MoulinsCharles des Moulins, full name Charles Robert Alexandre des Moulins was a French naturalist, a botanist and malacologist.-Taxa:Moulins named and described numerous species of snails, for example:* Pagodulina pagodula...
- Dezallier d'ArgenvilleDezallier d'ArgenvilleThe family of Dezallier d'Argenville produced two writers and connoisseurs in the course of the 18th century.Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville , avocat to the Parlement de Paris and secretary to the king, was a connoisseur of gardening who laid out two for himself and his family, before writing...
- Lewis Weston DillwynLewis Weston DillwynLewis Weston Dillwyn, FRS was a British porcelain manufacturer, naturalist and Member of Parliament.He was born in Walthamstow, Essex, the eldest son of William Dillwyn and Sarah Dillwyn...
- Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig DohrnHeinrich Wolfgang Ludwig DohrnHeinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn was a German zoologist, entomologist and malacologist....
(1838-1913), from Germany, also entomologist - Alcide d'OrbignyAlcide d'OrbignyAlcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology , palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropology....
- Jacques Philippe Raymond DraparnaudJacques Philippe Raymond DraparnaudJacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud was a French naturalist, malacologist and botanist.Draparnaud is considered the father of malacology in France...
- Wilhelm DunkerWilhelm DunkerWilhelm Dunker, full name Wilhelm Bernhard Rudolph Hadrian Dunker was a German geologist, paleontologist and zoologist ....
(1809–1885), from Germany
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- Charles EliotCharles Eliot (diplomat)Sir Charles Norton Edgecumbe Eliot GCMG, PC was a British knight diplomat, colonial administrator and botanist. He served as Commissioner of British East Africa in 1900-1904. He was British Ambassador to Japan in 1919-1925.He was also known as a malacologist and marine biologist...
, full name: Charles Norton Edgcumbe Eliot (1862–1931) - Arthur Erskine Ellis, 1902–1983, http://www.conchsoc.org/eminent/Ellis-AE.php
- William Keith EmersonWilliam Keith EmersonWilliam Keith Emerson, usually known as Bill Emerson, , is an American malacologist, a biologist who studies mollusks. He is currently a Curator Emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City where he has been a curator since 1955...
- Bob Entrop :nl:Bob Entrop
- José Espinosa from Cuba
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- William Gilbert Fargo (1867–1957), from the USA, portrait
- James FerrissJames FerrissJames Henry Ferriss was an amateur conchologist. According to Henry Augustus Pilsbry, Ferriss was "the fore-most of American landshell collectors... as a collector he has probably never been surpassed."...
- André Étienne d'Audebert de FérussacAndré Étienne d'Audebert de FérussacBaron André Étienne Justin Pascal Joseph François d'Audebert de Férussac was a French naturalist best known for his studies of molluscs...
(1786–1836), from France, also a naturalist - Edward ForbesEdward ForbesProfessor Edward Forbes FRS, FGS was a Manx naturalist.-Early years:Forbes was born at Douglas, in the Isle of Man. While still a child, when not engaged in reading, or in the writing of verses and drawing of caricatures, he occupied himself with the collecting of insects, shells, minerals,...
(1815–1845) from Britain - Lothar ForcartLothar ForcartLothar Forcart, full name Lothar Hendrich Emil Wilhelm Forcart-Müller, abbreviated as Lothar H. E. W. Forcart was a malacologist from Switzerland.- Further reading :...
, Lothar H. E. W. Forcart (1902–1990), from Switzerland - Richard Winslow Foster (4 Jan 1920 – 3 September 1964), malacologist in Museum of Comparative ZoologyMuseum of Comparative ZoologyThe Museum of Comparative Zoology, full name "The Louis Agassiz Museum of Comparative Zoology", often abbreviated simply to "MCZ", is a zoology museum located on the grounds of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is one of three museums which collectively comprise the Harvard Museum...
, Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
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- Andrew Garrett (explorer)
- David GeyerDavid GeyerDavid Geyer was German zoologist, malacologist and paleontologist.- Bibliography :Works by David Geyer were published in German language:...
- Theodore GillTheodore GillTheodore Nicholas Gill was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist and librarian.Born and educated in New York City under private tutors, Gill early showed interest in natural history. He was associated with J...
- Gustave Gilson (1859-1944), from Belgium, portrait
- Johann Freidrich Gmelin
- Henry Haversham Godwin-AustenHenry Haversham Godwin-AustenLieutenant-Colonel Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen FRS FZS FRGS MBOU , was an English topographer, geologist and surveyor.The eldest son of Robert Alfred Cloyne Godwin-Austen, Godwin-Austen was born in Teignmouth...
- Joaquín González Hidalgo y Rodríguez (1839–1923), from Spain, known as Hidalgo
- Augustus Addison GouldAugustus Addison GouldAugustus Addison Gould was an American conchologist and malacologist.-Biography:...
- Arthur Fairfield Gray (1855–1944), USA
- Edward Whitaker GrayEdward Whitaker GrayEdward Whitaker Gray , English botanist and secretary to the Royal Society, was uncle of Samuel Frederick Gray, author of The Practical Chemist.-Educational and professional roles:...
(1748–1806), Great Britain - Elizabeth Gray (biologist) (1831–1924), Great Britain
- Francis Calley Gray (1790–1856), USA
- John Edward GrayJohn Edward GrayJohn Edward Gray, FRS was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray ....
(1800–1875), Great Britain - Maria Emma GrayMaria Emma GrayMaria Emma Gray , was an English conchologist and algologist.Gray was born in 1787 at Greenwich Hospital, where her father, Lieutenant Henry Smith, R.N., was then resident. She married in 1810 Francis Edward Gray, who died four years later, and had by him two daughters, who survived her. In 1826...
(1787–1876), Great Britain, wife of John Edward Gray - Oliver Peter Gray (18??–19??), Great Britain
- Russell GrayRussell GrayRussell Gray is a professor at the University of Auckland, located in New Zealand. Although originally trained in biology and psychology, Gray is well known for his studies on the evolution of the Austronesian language family using computational phylogenetic methods.Gray also performs research on...
(18??–1948), USA - Sally J. Gray (1952), USA
- Samuel Frederick GraySamuel Frederick GraySamuel Frederick Gray was a British botanist, mycologist, and pharmacologist. He was the father of the zoologists John Edward Gray and George Robert Gray.-Background:...
(1766–1828), Great Britain - Thomas Gray (biologist) (1820–1910), Great Britain
- Karl GrobbenKarl GrobbenKarl Grobben was an Austrian biologist. He graduated from, and later worked at, the University of Vienna, chiefly on molluscs and crustaceans...
- Alexandru Vasile Grossu (1910–2004), Romanian malacologist
- Niccolò GualtieriNiccolò GualtieriNiccolò Gualtieri was an Italian doctor and malacologist. In 1742, he published Index Testarum Conchyliorum, quae adservantur in Museo Nicolai Gualtieri . Gualtieri was a professor at the University of Pisa...
- Gerard Pierre Laurent Kalshoven GudeGerard Pierre Laurent Kalshoven GudeGerard Pierre Laurent Kalshoven Gude was a malacologist from the United Kingdom.- Bibliography :Among his works belongs two volumes of The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma....
(1858–1924) from Great Britain - J. T. Gulick (1832–1923), from Hawaii, developed evolution theories with Charles DarwinCharles DarwinCharles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
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- Fritz Haas (zoologist)Fritz Haas (zoologist)Fritz Haas was a Jewish German zoologist born in Frankfurt-am-Main. He specialized in the field of malacology....
- Samuel Stehman HaldemanSamuel Stehman HaldemanSamuel Stehman Haldeman , American naturalist and philologist, was born at Locust Grove, Pennsylvania.Haldeman was educated at Dickinson College. He visited Texas in 1851 to investigate the presidency of an institution there, but declined the position...
- Sylvanus Charles Thorp HanleySylvanus Charles Thorp HanleySylvanus Charles Thorp Hanley was a British conchologist and malacologist who published the first book on shells using the then new technique of photographs. He authored Conchologia indica with William Theobald which was a treatise on the shells of British India...
(1819–1899) from Britain - Johann Daniel Wilhelm Hartmann from Germany
- Johan Coenraad van HasseltJohan Coenraad van HasseltJohan Coenraad van Hasselt was a Dutch physician, zoologist, botanist and mycologist.Coenraad van Hasselt studied medicine at the University of Groningen....
(1797–1823), vertebratologist, but he also studied mollusks from Java - William H. HeardWilliam H. HeardWilliam Henry Heard is a malacologist, and an authority on freshwater mollusks, especially freshwater pelecypods . He is an emeritus professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, at Florida State University....
- Charles HedleyCharles HedleyCharles Hedley was a naturalist, active in Australia and winner of the 1925 Clarke Medal.-Early life:...
- Leo George HertleinLeo George HertleinLeo George Hertlein was an American paleontologist and malacologist who studied the Recent and fossil mollusks of the eastern Pacific Ocean.Hertlein was born on a farm in Pratt County, Kansas...
- Pierre Marie HeudePierre Marie HeudePierre Marie Heude was a French Jesuit missionary and zoologist.Born at Fougères in the Department of Ille-et-Vilaine, Heude became a Jesuit in 1856 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1867. He went to China in 1868...
- Shintarō HiraseShintarō Hirasewas a Japanese malacologist. His father, Yoichirō Hirase, was also a malacologist.Shintarō Hirase was a teaching zoologist at Seikei College.- Collection :...
(1884–1939), from Japan - Yoichirō HiraseYoichirō Hirasewas a Japanese malacologist. His son, Shintarō Hirase, was also a malacologist.Majority of his valuable collection of molluscs have been destroyed during the World War II.- Bibliography :* . 貝類手引草 .- External links :* at Internet Archive...
(1859–1925), from Japan, father of Shintarō Hirase - Thomas George Bond Howes (1853–1905), from Great Britain, portrait
- Leslie HubrichtLeslie HubrichtLeslie Hubricht was an American biologist and malacologist.If he had lived in a previous century, Hubricht would have been called a "gentleman naturalist"...
- Christian Hee HwassChristian Hee HwassChristian Hee Hwass was a Danish malacologist who is remembered for his work in conchology. Although born in Denmark, Hwass did most of his important work in France. He moved to Paris in 1780, and later Auteuil...
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- John Clarkson JayJohn Clarkson JayJohn Clarkson Jay was a United States physician and conchologist.-Biography:...
(1808–1891), American amateur conchologist. http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~ksc/Malacologists/JayJC.html - John Gwyn JeffreysJohn Gwyn JeffreysJohn Gwyn Jeffreys was a British conchologist and malacologist.He was born in Swansea into a propertied Welsh family and educated at Swansea Grammar School. He went to London to qualify as a barrister, which he did. His greater passion however was for conchology...
(1809–1885) - George Johnston (malacologist) (1797–1855), British malacologist
- Israel Heymann Jonas (1795–1851), German malacologist
- Félix Pierre JousseaumeFélix Pierre JousseaumeFélix Pierre Jousseaume was a French zoologist and malacologist. He studied medicine in Paris where he then practised. His thesis was Des Végétaux parasites de l'Homme...
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- Pieter Kaas :nl:Pieter Kaas
- E. Alison KayE. Alison KayE. Alison Kay was a malacologist, environmentalist, and professor at the University of Hawaii. She was born in Eleele and grew up on the island of Kauai in the Territory of Hawaii, graduated from Punahou School in 1946, and obtained her first B.A. from Mills College in 1950. She then went on to...
- Louis Charles KienerLouis Charles Kiener- Bibliography :* Kiener L. C. . Genre Pleurotome. . In: “Spécies Général et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes 5”. J. B. Baillière. Paris. pp. 17–84....
- Jared Potter KirtlandJared Potter KirtlandJared Potter Kirtland was a naturalist, malacologist, and politician most active in the U.S. state of Ohio, where he served as a probate judge, and in the Ohio House of Representatives...
- Jørgen Knudsen (born 6 March 1918), from Denmark
- Wilhelm KobeltWilhelm KobeltWilhelm Kobelt was a German zoologist born in Alsfeld, Grand Duchy of Hesse. He specialized in the field of malacology.Kobelt is remembered for his work as curator of the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt am Main....
- Heinz Albert Kollmann, Heinz A. Kollmann (1939), from Austria, prehistoric gastropods, website
- Yoshio KondoYoshio KondoYoshio Kondo was a biologist and malacologist. He spent virtually his entire life in Hawaii, with the exception of a number of collecting expeditions, primarily to islands in the Pacific Ocean , and his time spent at Harvard University, where he received a Ph.D. under the direction of William J...
(1910–1990), from Hawaii - Dieter KornDieter KornDr. Dieter Korn is a German scientist and paleontologist specializing in research on ammonites and goniatites. He received his Ph.D. in 1996 from the University of Tübingen and is employed by the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Germany, in the Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and...
- Arthur Krause (1851–1920), from Germany
- Christian Ferdinand Friedrich KraussChristian Ferdinand Friedrich KraussChristian Ferdinand Friedrich Krauss , was a German scientist, traveller and collector.-Early life:...
- Endre Krolopp (1935–2010), from Hungary, interested in Quaternary and Tertiary molluscs
- Tokubei KurodaTokubei Kurodawas a Japanese scientist and academic. He is best known as a pioneering taxonomist and malacologist in Japanese coastal waters.Kuroda was born at Fukurea on the island of Awaji....
- Heinrich Carl KüsterHeinrich Carl Küster- Bibliography : Küster H. C. . "Die Gattungen Paludina, Hydrocaena und Valvata". Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz: 1-56. Nurnberg, Bauer und Raspe. ....
(1807-1876), from Germany, uncle of Emil Küster (1838-1921)
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- Frank Fortescue LaidlawFrank Fortescue LaidlawFrank Fortescue Laidlaw was a British biologist who studied molluscs, a malacologist.He named a number of species of snails, including:* The land snail genus Colparion- Bibliography :...
(1876–1963), from United Kingdom - Jean-Baptiste LamarckJean-Baptiste LamarckJean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de la Marck , often known simply as Lamarck, was a French naturalist...
(1744–1829), from France - Aurèle La Rocque
- Charles Francis LaseronCharles Francis LaseronCharles Francis Laseron , was an American-born Australian naturalist and malacologist.Charles Laseron was born on 6 December 1887 at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States of America, to English parents the Rev...
(1887–1959), from America/Australia - Isaac LeaIsaac LeaIsaac Lea was an American conchologist, geologist, and businessman, who was born in Wilmington, Delaware.-Life:...
(1792–1886), from the USA - Michele LessonaMichele LessonaMichele Lessona was an Italian zoologist.Michele Lessona became a specialist in amphibians.His accomplishments include the translation of certain works Darwin for example The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex.-Works:Partial list* Carlo Darwin...
(1823–1894), from Italy - Jan Lever :nl:Jan Lever (bioloog) (born 1922), from the Netherlands
- John Lightfoot (biologist) (1735–1788), from United Kingdom
- Ilya Mikhailovich Likharev (1917–2003), from Russia
- David R. LindbergDavid R. LindbergDavid R. Lindberg is an American malacologist and professor of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the Curator for the University of California Museum of Paleontology and co-editor of the journal Molecular Systematics and Phylogeography of Mollusks.Much of his...
(born 1948), from the USA - Karl Emil Lischke – :de:Karl Emil Lischke :fr:Karl Emil Lischke (1813–1886)
- Arnould LocardArnould LocardÉtienne Alexandre Arnould Locard , usually known as Arnould Locard, was a French naturalist, malacologist and geologist. His is aknown as Arnould.His name can be abbreviated/spelled as Arnoul at plates, for example Crosse ....
- (1841–1904) from France - Richard Thomas LoweRichard Thomas LoweRichard Thomas Lowe was a British botanist, ichthyologist, malacologist, and clergyman. In 1825 he graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge and in the same year took holy orders. He became a clergyman in the Madeira Islands in 1832, where he was a part-time naturalist, extensively studying the...
(1802–1874), from United Kingdom - Sven Ludvig LovénSven Ludvig LovénSven Ludvig Lovén , was a Swedish marine zoologist and malacologist.- External links : http://www.nrm.se/forskningochsamlingar/djur/evertebratzoologi/historia/svenloven.4.4e32c8104f585693780005427.html* at Internet Archive...
(1809–1895), Swedish marine zoologist and malacologist - Dochiţa Lupu, Romanian malacologist
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- Edward Henry Madge (1901–1970), from Great Britain
- Virginia Orr MaesVirginia Orr MaesVirginia Orr Maes was an American malacologist associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Thanks to her collecting, the Academy has an exceptionally fine collection of turrids. She married Robert A. Maes in 1963...
(1920-1986), American malacologist associated with the Academy of Natural SciencesAcademy of Natural SciencesThe Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, formerly Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, is the oldest natural science research institution and museum in the New World...
of Philadelphia - Ernst Gustav Gotthelf Marcus (Ernesto) (1893–1968), from Germany/Brazil, a spouse of Eveline du Bois-Reymond Marcus
- Eveline Agnes du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1901–1990), from Germany/Brazil
- Jan Marcus (Jacob) (1702–1750), from Netherlands
- Patrick MarshallPatrick MarshallDr. Patrick Marshall was a geologist who lived in New Zealand. For over forty years he was an outstanding figure among New Zealand scientists, and was well known to geologists in many lands as a very versatile and productive investigator. His research was also devoted to zoology...
(1869–1950), geologist in New Zealand - Eduard von MartensEduard von MartensEduard von Martens sometimes known as Carl or Karl Eduard von Martens, was a German zoologist.Born in Stuttgart in 1831, von Martens attended universities in Tübingen, Stuttgart and Munich, graduating from the University of Tübingen in 1855. In 1860, he set off as part of an expedition to the Far...
- Friedrich Wilhelm MartiniFriedrich Wilhelm MartiniFriedrich Wilhelm Martini was a German physician and conchologist.Martini who practised in Hamburg began, in 1769 , the richly colour illustrated shell book: Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. But he died after the publication of the third volume. His work was continued by Johann Hieronymus...
- Thomas MartynThomas MartynThomas Martyn was an English botanist and Professor of Botany at Cambridge University. He is sometimes confused with the conchologist and entomologist of the same name....
- James Hamilton McLeanJames Hamilton McLeanJames Hamilton McLean is an American malacologist, a biologist who studies mollusks. He specializes in marine gastropods. He has studied many families of Eastern Pacific gastropods including the Fissurellidae, Trochidae, Turbinidae and Liotiidae, and also has investigated deep sea gastropods from...
- J. C. McConnellJ. C. McConnellDr. James Culbertson McConnell, usually abbreviated as J. C. McConnell was one of the world's most acclaimed scientific illustrators....
- Albert Raymond Mead (1915–2009), American malacologist specialist in AchatinidaeAchatinidaeAchatinidae is a family of medium to large sized tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks from Africa...
- Karl Theodor MenkeKarl Theodor MenkeKarl Theodor Menke was a German malacologist and balneologist who was a native of Bremen. He is remembered for his research of snails....
- Friedrich Christian MeuschenFriedrich Christian MeuschenFriedrich Christian Meuschen was a German diplomat and conchologist born in Hanau. He was the son of theologian Johann Gerhard Meuschen ....
- Louis André Gaspard Michaud (1795–1880), French malacologist, also known as Gaspard Michaud and as A. L. G. Michaud
- Jesse Wedgwood Mighels (1795–1861), from the USA
- Adolph ModéerAdolph ModeerAdolph Modéer was a Swedish surveyor, economic historian and naturalist. As a naturalist he was mainly interested in malacology and entomology. He also worked on jellyfish...
- Otto Franz von MöllendorffOtto Franz von Möllendorff- Bibliography :* - External links :* at Internet Archive...
(1848–1903), German malacologist - Tommaso di Maria Allery MonterosatoTommaso di Maria Allery MonterosatoTommaso di Maria Allery Monterosato was an Italian malacologist.- External links :...
(1841–1927), from Italy - Otto Andreas Lowson MörchOtto Andreas Lowson MörchOtto Andreas Lowson Mörch was a biologist, specifically a malacologist. He lived in Sweden, in Denmark, and in France.- Taxa described :Bibliography and taxa described by Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch include:...
(1828–1878), from Sweden, Denmark and France - Robert C. MurdochRobert C. MurdochRobert C. Murdoch was a malacologist in New Zealand.- Biography :He received a secondary-school education, and afterwards travelled widely with Captain Shuttleworth, of Wanganui. He spent some years subsequent to 1888 in farming near Wanganui, but in 1892 he went to Sydney and studied Mollusca...
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- Adolf NaefAdolf NaefAdolf Naef was a Swiss zoologist and palaeontologist, famous for his work on cephalopods and systematics.Adolf Naef studied at the University of Zurich, under the guidance of Arnold Lang , a former Professor of Jena University and close friend of Ernst Haeckel...
- Wesley NewcombWesley NewcombWesley Newcomb was an American Physician and malacologist specializing in land snails.-Life:Wesley Newcomb was born in New York 20 October 1808. His father was physician Simon Newcomb...
(1818–1892) from USA - Pierre-Henri Nyst :nl:Pierre-Henri Nyst
- Carlos Núñez CortésCarlos Núñez CortésCarlos Núñez Cortés was born October 15, 1942, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has been a member of Les Luthiers since 1969.In the group, his functions include:* Creating new instruments ....
(b. 1942) from Argentina.
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- Nils Hjalmar OdhnerNils Hjalmar OdhnerNils Hjalmar Odhner was a Swedish zoologist who studied mollusks, a malacologist. During his lifetime he was professor of invertebrate zoology at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm...
- William Erwood Old, Jr.William Erwood Old, Jr.William Erwood Old, Jr. usually known as Bill Old, was an American malacologist.He attended the The College of William & Mary in Virginia. He served in the army during the Korean War....
- Arthur Peter Hoblyn Oliver (1918–1984), from UK
- Walter Reginald Brook Oliver (1883–1957), from Australia/New Zealand
- Alcide d'OrbignyAlcide d'OrbignyAlcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology , palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropology....
- Arnold Edward OrtmannArnold Edward OrtmannArnold Edward Ortmann was a naturalist, and zoologist who specialized in malacology.- Biography :Ortmann was born in Magdeburg, Prussia. A student of Ernst Haeckel, he was graduated from the University of Jena in 1885 with a Ph.D. From 1886 on, he worked as an instructor at the University of...
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- Katherine Evangeline Hilton Van Winkle Palmer (1895–1982), USA, spouse of Ephraim Laurence Palmer, Tertiary molluscs, portrait
- William Harper PeaseWilliam Harper PeaseWilliam Harper Pease was a 19th-century American conchologist, shell collector and malacologist. He described many species of Indo-Pacific marine mollusks from the Cumming collection....
- Paul PelseneerPaul PelseneerJean Paul Louis Pelseneer was a Belgian malacologist, morphologist, ethologist and phylogenist....
(1863–1945), from Belgium - George Perry (naturalist)George Perry (naturalist)George Perry was a 19th century English naturalist, a malacologist.Perry is known for two natural history works:*Arcana; or the museum of natural history, published monthly from January 1810 to September 1811...
, (1771–1???), British naturalist and malacologist - Edward J. Petuch (born 1949) US paleontologist with malacological interests from the USA
- Sauveur Abel Aubert Petit de la SaussayeSauveur Abel Aubert Petit de la SaussayeSauveur Abel Aubert Petit de la Saussaye was a malacologist from France. His surname is: Petit de la Saussaye.- Species described :Species and genera described by Sauveur Abel Aubert Petit de la Saussaye include :...
(1792–1870), from France - Georg Johann PfefferGeorg Johann PfefferGeorg Johann Pfeffer was a German zoologist, primarily a malacologist, a scientist who studied mollusks.Pfeffer was born in Berlin. In 1887 he became curator of the Natural History Museum of Hamburg , which was established in 1843 and destroyed during World War II...
(1854–1931), German zoologist - Carl Pfeiffer (malacologist) (?-1852), German malacologist
- Carl Jonas Pfeiffer (1779–1836), German malacologist, uncle of Louis Pfeiffer
- Ludwig Karl Georg PfeifferLudwig Karl Georg PfeifferLudwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer, also known as Louis Pfeiffer was a German physician, botanist and conchologist.-Biography:He received his education in Kassel, and became professor of pathology there in 1828...
(1805–1877), German physician, botanist and conchologist - Henry Augustus PilsbryHenry Augustus PilsbryHenry Augustus Pilsbry was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century...
- István Pintér (1911–1998), from Hungary
- László Ernö Pintér (1942–2002), from Hungary
- Carlo Pollonera (1849–1923), from Italy
- Winston PonderWinston PonderWinston F. Ponder B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, D.Sc. is a noted malacologist from New Zealand who has named and described many marine animals, especially micromolluscs. He is a graduate of the University of Auckland, New Zealand....
- Guido PoppeGuido PoppeGuido T. Poppe is a Belgian malacologist, shell dealer and author of more than 20 books and publications about shells, mainly about the families Volutidae and Trochidae.-Biography:...
- Valéry Louis Victor Potiez (1806–1870), from France
- Arthur William Baden PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
- Hugh Berthon Preston (1871–1945)
- Temple PrimeTemple PrimeTemple Prime was an amateur conchologist. He studied under Louis Agassiz. He described several new species of bivalve family Cycladidae.- References :...
- Alice Pruvot-FolAlice Pruvot-FolAlice Pruvot-Fol was a French opisthobranch malacologist.She was the author of many new species, mostly described on the basis of preserved animals....
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- Lewis RadcliffeLewis RadcliffeLewis Radcliffe was a naturalist, malacologist, and ichthyologist. He was Deputy Commissioner of the United States Bureau of Fisheries until 1932 and was the assistant naturalist under Hugh McCormick Smith for the 1907-1910 Philippines Expedition. During his life, he described numerous new species...
- Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
- Constant A. RécluzConstant A. Récluz- References :...
(1797–1873), from France - Lovell Augustus ReeveLovell Augustus ReeveLovell Augustus Reeve was an English conchologist.Lovell Augustus Reeve was initially apprenticed to a grocer of Ludgate Hill between 1827 and '34...
- Harald Alfred Rehder (1907–1996), from the USA
- Lois Corea Rehder (1911–1988), from the USA, spouse of Harald Alfred Rehder
- Otto von Retowski (1849–1925), from Poland/Russia
- Gotthard Richter - from Senckenberg MuseumSenckenberg MuseumThe Naturmuseum Senckenberg in Frankfurt is the second largest museum of natural history in Germany. It is particularly popular with children, who enjoy the extensive collection of dinosaur skeletons: Senckenberg boasts the largest exhibition of large dinosaurs in Europe. One particular treasure is...
, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (retired in 1990). Interested in pelagic gastropods. - Hendrik van RijgersmaHendrik van RijgersmaThe Dutch naturalist Hendrik Elingsz van Rijgersma was a physician and amateur botanist, malacologist and ichthyologist. He became a physician in 1858, and practiced medicine in the small town of Jisp and on the island of Marken...
- Robert Robertson (1934–20??) from the UK and USA
- Guy Coburn RobsonGuy Coburn RobsonGuy Coburn Robson was a British zoologist, specializing in Mollusca, who first named and described Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, the Colossal Squid....
- Jean-Pierre RocroiJean-Pierre RocroiJean-Pierre Rocroi is a French malacologist, a scientist, a zoologist who studies mollusks. He works at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris....
- Peter Friedrich RödingPeter Friedrich RödingPeter Friedrich Röding was a German malacologist who lived in Hamburg. Very little is known about this naturalist.Many of Röding's descriptions are of species which were first named by earlier authors such as Johann Hieronymus Chemnitz, Friedrich Wilhelm Martini and Martin Lister...
- Thomas Rogers (biologist) (1827–1901), from Great Britain http://www.archive.org/stream/abiographicalin00boulgoog#page/n73/mode/1up
- Emilio Rolán from Spain; father (born 1935) is Emilio Rolán Mosquera, son (born 1965) is Emilio Alvarez Rolán, both malacologists
- Caroline E. Rooney
- Landon Timmonds Ross, Jr.Landon Timmonds Ross, Jr.Landon Timmonds Ross, Jr. is an American environmental biologist. He received master's degrees in geology from Florida State University and paleontology , and a biology Ph.D...
- Gary RosenbergGary RosenbergGary Rosenberg is an American scientist, a biologist, a malacologist. He is currently the Pilsbry Chair and Curator of Malacology at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. He is a member of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.Rosenberg created "Malacolog", an online...
(1959–) from the USA - William B. RudmanWilliam B. RudmanDr. William B. Rudman, usually known as Bill Rudman , from New Zealand and Australia, is a biologist, a researcher who studies molluscs, in other words, a malacologist...
- John RuskinJohn RuskinJohn Ruskin was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, also an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects ranging from geology to architecture, myth to ornithology, literature to education, and botany to political...
- Vasiliy E. RuzhentsevVasiliy E. RuzhentsevVasiliy Ermolayevich Ruzhentsev , was a Russian paleontologist, malacologist and geologist. From 1937 to 1978 he worked at the Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences. He had 117 publications of which 17 were monographs...
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- Luitfried von Salvini-Plawen (1939-), from Austria
- Madoka Sasaki (?-1927), from Japan, works about Cephalopoda
- Takenori Sasaki (19??), the malacologist from the University MuseumKoishikawa Annex, The University Museum, The University of TokyoThe is a museum located in Hakusan Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. It is the oldest building of the University of Tokyo, and is open to general public as the annex of the general research museum. It was formerly used as a medical school...
, the University of TokyoUniversity of Tokyo, abbreviated as , is a major research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. It is considered to be the most prestigious university...
. http://www.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/hp/sasaki/ - Thomas SayThomas SayThomas Say was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist, herpetologist and carcinologist. A taxonomist, he is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States. He described more than 1,000 new species of beetles and over 400 species of insects of other...
- Christoffer SchanderChristoffer SchanderChristoffer Schander is professor in marine biology at the University of Bergen, Norway. He is also thematic leader at the Centre of excellence in Geobiology. He was born in Sweden in 1960. His doctoral thesis , from University of Gothenburg, Sweden, treated the evolutionary relationships of the...
(1960), from Sweden or Norway - Otto Heinrich Schindewolf (1896–1971), from Germany, evolution of cephalopods
- Heinrich Christian Friedrich SchumacherHeinrich Christian Friedrich SchumacherHeinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher , was a Danish surgeon, botanist and professor of anatomy at the University of Copenhagen...
- Bohumil ShimekBohumil ShimekBohumil Shimek was an American naturalist, conservationist, and a professor at the University of Iowa. The Shimek State Forest in Iowa is named after him.-Family and early life:...
- Robert James Shuttleworth (1810–1874), from Great Britain and Switzerland
- Hartwig Schütt (1923–2009), from Germany, expert in land snails of Turkey
- Charles Torrey SimpsonCharles Torrey SimpsonCharles Torrey Simpson was an American botanist, malacologist, and conservationist. He retired to Florida where he became known for conservation.- Scientific work :...
- Heinrich SimrothHeinrich SimrothProf. Dr. phil. Heinrich Simroth, full name Heinrich Rudolf Simroth , was a German zoologist and malacologist. He was a professor of zoology in Leipzig....
- Claude SionnestClaude SionnestClaude Sionnest was a French naturalist. Born in a family which had traded as pharmacists for two centuries Claude Sionnest had an early interest in natural sciences....
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- Allen K. Smith (19??-????), from the USA
- Allyn Goodwin Smith (1893-1976), from the USA
- Annie Mills Smith (1897-????), from the USA
- Arthur Donaldson SmithArthur Donaldson SmithDr. Arthur Donaldson Smith was an American explorer of Africa. In the 1890s he made a geological expedition to Lake Rudolph , passing through what was then Somaliland, southern Ethiopia and Kenya.-External links:*...
(1864-1939), from U.K. - Brian John Smith (1939-2006), from U.K./Australia
- Burnett Smith (1877-1958), from the USA
- Charles Smith (topographer)Charles Smith (topographer)Charles Smith was an Irish topographer and writer.He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He qualified as a doctor and practised as an apothecary in Dungarvan, County Waterford....
(c. 1715-1762), from Ireland - Colleen M. Smith (1919-????), from the USA
- Diderick Smith (????-????), from Germany/Netherlands
- Doris Amelia Smith (1908-1992), from South Africa
- Douglas G. Smith (1945-????), from the USA
- Edgar Albert SmithEdgar Albert SmithEdgar Albert Smith was a British zoologist, a malacologist.His father was the Frederick Smith, a well-known entomologist, and Assistant Keeper of Zoology in the British Museum, Bloomsbury...
(1847–1916), British zoologist - Edmund Hobart Smith (1935-????), from the USA
- Egbert T. Smith (????-1973?), from the USA
- Elsie C. Smith (19???-????)
- Emily Williams Smith (1908-1978), from the USA
- Eric Richard Anthony Smith (1953-????), from the USA
- Ernest Rice Smith (1891-1952), from the USA
- Eugene Allen Smith (1841–1927), malacologist from the USA
- Francis A. Smith (****-1983), from the USA
- Harlan Ingersoll Smith (1872-1940), from the USA/Canada
- Harry M. Smith (????-1974?), from the USA
- Herbert Huntington SmithHerbert Huntington SmithHerbert Huntington Smith was an American naturalist and amateur conchologist.- External links :*...
(1851–1919), from the USA - Illene Harper Smith (1905-????), from the USA
- James SmithJames Smith-Sports figures:*James Smith *James Smith , American boxer, nicknamed "Bonecrusher"*James Smith , footballer...
(1782-1867), from UK - James Edward SmithJames Edward SmithSir James Edward Smith was an English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society.Smith was born in Norwich in 1759, the son of a wealthy wool merchant. He displayed a precocious interest in the natural world...
(1759-1828), from UK - James Perrin Smith (1864-1931), from the USA
- Judith Terry Smith (1940-????), from the USA
- Julian SmithJulian SmithJulian Constable Smith was a United States Marine Corps general who served for 37 years, including service in Nicaragua and during World War II's Battle of Tarawa .-Biography:...
(1920?-20??), from the USA - Lillian Cassat Smith (1900-1971), from the USA
- Lourens Johannes Smith (19??-2003), from South Africa
- Maxwell Smith (1888-1961), from the USA
- Mrs. Maxwell Smith (????-1946?), from the USA
- Michael Dillon Smith (1938-????), from the USA
- Muriel F. I. Smith (19??-????), from Canada
- Ralph Ingram Smith (1916-1993), from the USA
- Ray Fred Smith (1919-????), from the USA
- Sanderson Smith (1832-1915), from UK/USA
- Shelagh M. Smith (19??-????), from UK
- Sidney Irving SmithSidney Irving SmithSidney Irving Smith was an American zoologist.-Private life:Sidney Smith was the son of Elliot Smith and Lavinia Barton. His brother in law was Addison Emery Verrill. Smith married Eugenia Pocahontas Barber in New Haven, Connecticut on June 29, 1882...
(1843-1926), from the USA, brother-in-law of A. E. Verrill - Terry SmithTerry SmithTerry Smith may refer to:*Terry Smith , British jazz guitarist*Terry Smith , Australian politician*Terry Smith , player with St Kilda and Richmond...
(????-1979), from the USA - Uselma C. Smith (1841-1902), from the USA
- Vivienne Smith (????-????), from the USA
- Walter L. SmithWalter L. SmithWalter Laws Smith is a British-born American mathematician, known for his contributions to applied probability theory.Smith received his B.Sc. in mathematics from Cambridge University, going on to...
(1918-????), from the USA - William Smith (geologist)William Smith (geologist)William 'Strata' Smith was an English geologist, credited with creating the first nationwide geological map. He is known as the "Father of English Geology" for collating the geological history of England and Wales into a single record, although recognition was very slow in coming...
(1769-1839), from UK - William A. SmithWilliam A. SmithWilliam A. Smith or William Alexander Smith may refer to:*William Alden Smith , U.S. Representative from the U.S. state of Michigan*William Alexander Smith , U.S. Representative from the U.S...
(????-1964?), from the USA - William Walter Smith (1852-1942), from New Zealand
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- Alan SolemAlan SolemAlan Solem, full name George Alan Solem was an American malacologist, a biologist who studied mollusks.He was one of the most renown land snail experts of his time and had earned a reputation for his comprehensive revisions of mainly terrestrial pulmonates...
, full name George Alan Solem (1931–1990) from the USA, curator of invertebrates in Field Museum of Natural HistoryField Museum of Natural HistoryThe Field Museum of Natural History is located in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It sits on Lake Shore Drive next to Lake Michigan, part of a scenic complex known as the Museum Campus Chicago...
, Chicago. Bibliography - Árpád SoósÁrpád SoósÁrpád Soós was a Hungarian zoologist, entomologist and museologist. He is best known for his work on leeches and flies and, as co-editor with Lazlo Papp, of .-Main works:...
(1912–1991), from Hungary, son of Lajos Soós - Lajos Soós (1879–1972), from Hungary
- Louis François Auguste SouleyetLouis François Auguste SouleyetLouis François Auguste Souleyet was a French zoologist, malacologist and naval surgeon.Souleyet was naturalist-surgeon on the voyage of La Bonite, which circumnavigated the globe between February 1836 and November 1837 under Auguste Nicolas Vaillant . In the Pacific he studied marine molluscs...
(1811–1852), from France - George Brettingham Sowerby IGeorge Brettingham Sowerby IGeorge Brettingham Sowerby I was a British naturalist, illustrator, and conchologist.He was the son of James Sowerby. Together with his brother James De Carle Sowerby he continued their father's work on fossil shells, publishing the latter parts of the Mineral Conchology of Great Britain...
- George Brettingham Sowerby IIGeorge Brettingham Sowerby IIGeorge Brettingham Sowerby II was a British naturalist, illustrator, and conchologist.Together with his father, George Brettingham Sowerby I, he published the Thesaurus Conchylorium and other illustrated works on molluscs....
- George Brettingham Sowerby IIIGeorge Brettingham Sowerby IIIGeorge Brettingham Sowerby III was a British conchologist, publisher, and illustrator.He, too, worked on the Thesaurus Conchyliorium, a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated work on molluscs...
- James SowerbyJames SowerbyJames Sowerby was an English naturalist and illustrator. Contributions to published works, such as A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland or English Botany, include his detailed and appealing plates...
- Gerard SpainkGerard SpainkGerard Spaink was a Dutch malacologist.- Taxa described :* Spisula hartingi Spaink, 1958 - n. sp.* Divaricella juttingae Spaink, 1965 - n. sp.* Astarte omalii peelensis Spaink, 1968 - n. ssp....
(1928–2005), from Netherlands - Lorenz SpenglerLorenz SpenglerLorenz Spengler was a Swiss-born Danish turner and naturalist.He arrived at Copenhagen in 1743. He was a tutor to Christian VI of Denmark and later Frederick V of Denmark in the art of turning. From 1771 he was head of the Royal Art Chamber , a position he held until his death in...
- Yaroslav Igorevich Starobogatov Ярослав Игоревич Старобогатов (1932–2004), from Russia
- Robert Edwards Carter Stearns (1827–1909), USA – :fr:Robert Edwards Carter Stearns
- William StimpsonWilliam StimpsonWilliam Stimpson was a noted American scientist.- Biography :Stimpson was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Herbert Hathorne Stimpson and Mary Ann Devereau Brewer. The Stimpsons were of the old colonial and Revolutionary stock of Massachusetts, the earliest known member of the family being James...
- Hermann StrebelHermann Strebel (malacologist)Hermann Strebel was a malacologist from Germany and Mexico.- External links :* at Internet Archive...
(1834–1915), from Germany and Mexico. - Samuel Emanuel StuderSamuel Emanuel StuderSamuel Emanuel Studer was a researcher who studied molluscs, a malacologist, from Switzerland. He named various taxa of molluscs including:* The land snail genus Pomatias-References:* 2,400 years of Malacology at: -Further reading:...
- Rudolf Sturany (1867–1935), from Austria, works
- Henry SuterHenry SuterHenry Suter was a New Zealand zoologist, naturalist, palaeontologist, and malacologist.- Biography :...
- William John Swainson
- Ernest Ruthven SykesErnest Ruthven SykesErnest Ruthven Sykes was a malacologist from Great Britain.He has married Gladys, who was a daughter of his malacological colleague James Cosmo Melvill.He has published 99 malacological articles.- External links :* at Internet Archive...
(1867–1954), from Great Britain
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- Cesare Maria Tapparone-CanefriCesare Maria Tapparone-CanefriCesare Maria Tapparone-Canefri was an Italian malacologist.- Bibliography :* Tapparone-Canefri C. M. . "Intorno ad una nuova specie di Nephrops genere di Crostacei Decapodi Macruri". Memorie R. Accademia Scienze Torino 27: 325-329 , 1 plate.* Tapparone-Canefri C. M. . "Viaggio dei signori O....
(1838–1891), from Italy - Dwight Willard TaylorDwight Willard TaylorDwight Willard Taylor was an American malacologist and paleontologist, a researcher on mollusks. His undergraduate work was at the University of California, Berkeley and his PhD was from Harvard University....
(1932–2006) from USA, also paleontologist, HydrobiidaeHydrobiidaeHydrobiidae, common name mud snails, is a large cosmopolitan taxonomic family of very small freshwater snails and brackish water snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.- Distribution :...
and PhysidaePhysidaePhysidae, common name bladder snails, are a monophyletic taxonomic family of small freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the clade Hygrophila.... - Johan Jacob Tesch (1877–1954), from the Netherlands
- Pieter Tesch :nl:Pieter Tesch (1879–1961), fom the Netherlands, brother of Johan Jacob Tesch
- William TheobaldWilliam TheobaldWilliam Theobald was a malacologist and naturalist on the staff of the Geological Survey of India in Burma. That organization then covered Burma, as it was at the time still a part of British India....
- Johannes ThieleJohannes ThieleJohannes Thiele, full name Karl Hermann Johannes Thiele was a German zoologist specialized in malacology. His Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde is a standard work...
(1860–1935) from Germany - John Read le Brockton TomlinJohn Read le Brockton TomlinJohn Read le Brockton Tomlin was a British malacologist. He was one of the founders of the Malacological Society of London and was president of the Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland on two separate occasions....
- Franz Hermann TroschelFranz Hermann TroschelFranz Hermann Troschel was a German zoologist who was born in Spandau. He studied mathematics and natural history at the University of Berlin, and beginning in 1840 was an assistant to Martin Lichtenstein at the Humboldt Museum of Natural History in Berlin...
- George Washington TryonGeorge Washington TryonGeorge Washington Tryon, Jr. was an American malacologist who worked at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.- Biography :George Washington Tryon was the son of Edward K. Tryon and Adeline Savidt...
- Ruth TurnerRuth TurnerRuth Dixon Turner was a pioneering U.S. marine biologist and malacologist who became the world's expert on Teredinidae or shipworms, a taxonomic family of wood-boring bivalve mollusks which severely damage wooden marine installations....
(full name Ruth Dixon Turner) (1915–2000), from the USA - William TurtonWilliam TurtonWilliam Turton was a British naturalist.Turton was born at Olveston, Gloucestershire and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He commenced in practice at Swansea, but devoted his leisure time to natural history, especially conchology...
(1762–1835), British naturalist
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- William Irvin Utterback (1872–1949), USA, author of the The Naiades of Missouri (1916), portrait in 1901, portrait
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- Albert Jean Baptiste Marie Vayssière (1854–1942), French malacologist and entomologist http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Vayssi%C3%A8re%2C%20A.%20(Albert%20Jean%20Baptiste%20Marie)%2C%20b.%201854%22
- Bernard VerdcourtBernard VerdcourtBernard Verdcourt was a biologist and taxonomist, most widely known as a botanist and latterly an Honorary Research Fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London. Prior to coming to Kew in 1964, he was associated with the East African Herbarium for 15 years...
- Geerat J. VermeijGeerat J. VermeijDr. Geerat J. Vermeij, born in the Netherlands, is a professor of geology at the University of California at Davis. Blind from the age of three, he graduated from Princeton University in 1968 and received his Ph.D. in biology and geology from Yale University in 1971.An evolutionary biologist and...
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- Antoni Józef Wagner (1860–1928), from Poland/Austria
- Carroll Marshall Wagner (born 19??), from the USA
- Frances Eleanor Wagner (born 1916), from the USA
- Frances Joan Estelle Wagner (born 1927), from Canada
- Genevieve Wagner (died 1979), from USA, 1st spouse of
- Janós Wagner (1906–1948), from Hungary
- Johann Andreas WagnerJohann Andreas WagnerJohann Andreas Wagner was a German palaeontologist, zoologist and archaeologist.Wagner was a professor at the University of Munich, and curator of the Zoologische Staatssammlung ....
(1797–1861), from Germany - Johann Jacob Wagner (1641–1695), from Germany
- Robert Jacob Lewis Wagner (1905–1992), from the USA
- Rudolph Wagner (1805–1864), from Germany
- W. M. Wagner (1926–1991), from the Netherlands
- William Wagner (zoologist) (1796–1885), from the USA
- Bryant Walker (1856–1936), from USA (works) note: a few other malacologists/biologists are also named Walker
- Robert Boog WatsonRobert Boog WatsonRobert Boog Watson was a Scottish malacologist and minister of the Free Church of Scotland best known as the author of the report on the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda collected by on the H.M.S. Challenger expedition to survey the world's oceans during the years 1873-1876. Watson also described...
(1823–1910), from Scotland - Reverend William Henry Webster (died 1931), from Wauiku, New Zealand (his articles)
- Wilhelm August WenzWilhelm August WenzWilhelm August Wenz was a German malacologist, born in Frankfurt am Main. He is the author of the 7-part Gastropoda section of Handbuch der Paläozoologie , a very important review that described all known fossil genera...
(1886–1945), from Germany - Carl Agardh Westerlund (1831–1908), from Sweden
- Wolfgang Karl Weyrauch (1907–1970), South American freshwater gastropods and land gastropods
- Gilbert Percy WhitleyGilbert Percy WhitleyGilbert Percy Whitley was a British-born Australian ichthyologist and malacologist who was Curator of Fishes at the Australian Museum in Sydney for about 40 years. He was born at Swaythling, Southampton, England, and was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton and Osborne House...
(1903–1975), born in Great Britain, lived in Australia - Carl Arend Friedrich Wiegmann (1836–1901), from Germany
- Thomas Vernon WollastonThomas Vernon WollastonThomas Vernon Wollaston was a prominent English entomologist and malacologist, becoming especially known for his studies of Coleoptera inhabiting several North Atlantic archipelagoes. He was well-placed socially. His religious beliefs effectively prevented him from supporting Darwin's theories...
(1822–1878), from Great Britain - Bernard Barham WoodwardBernard Barham WoodwardBernard Barham Woodward was a British malacologist, author of a catalogue of the works of Linnaeus. He was a member of staff at the British Museum, and then the Natural History Museum....
(1853–1930), from Great Britain - Charles B. Wurtz (1916–1982), USA, portrait
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- Gordon Yamakawa (1885–1910), from Japan, works
- Takaharu Yamamoto (1908–1950), from Japan, works
- Matajiro Yokoyama, (1860–1942), from Japan, works
Further reading
- Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (15 February 2009). 2,400 years of malacology, 6th ed., 830 pp. & 32 pp. [Annex of Collations]. American Malacological Society
- Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (15 February 2011). 2,400 years of malacology, 8th ed., 936 pp. + 42 pp. [Annex of Collations]. American Malacological Society
- Biographies and bibliographies of eminent conchologists at Conchological Society of Great Britain & IrelandConchological Society of Great Britain & IrelandThe Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland is a British-based society concerned with the study of molluscs. It was founded in 1876 and is one of the oldest such societies in the world. It is a registered UK charity that anyone can join...
website - Alphabetical Listing of Conchologists – Malacologists
- Abbott, R. T.R. Tucker AbbottRobert Tucker Abbott was an American conchologist and malacologist . He was the author of more than 30 books on malacology, which have been translated into many languages....
& Young M. E. (eds.) (1973). American Malacologists: A national register of professional and amateur malacologists and private shell collectors and biographies of early American mollusk workers born between 1618 and 1900. American Malacologists, Falls Church, Virginia. Consolidated/Drake Press, Philadelphia. 494 pp.