Louis L. Mowbray
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Louis Leon Arthur Mowbray (born 19 August 1877 on St. George's, Bermuda
; died 5 June 1952) was a Bermudian naturalist.
of which he wrote the scientific description in 1916 together with John Treadwell Nichols
. In 1907 he married Hilda Higinbotham. Their son Louis Mowbray rediscovered the Bermuda Petrel in 1951 together with Robert Cushman Murphy
and David B. Wingate
. Louis Leon Arthur Mowbray was hired by the Bermuda Natural History Society as director for Bermuda's first aquarium. He ran the aquarium until 1911. In 1911 he became director of the South Boston Aquarium which he ran for three years. In 1914, he became superintendent of the New York Aquarium
. Between 1919 und 1923 he spent in Miami where he build up and run a new aquarium. In 1923 he rejoined the staff of the New York Aquarium and in 1926 he returned to Bermuda. In 1928 he became director of the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo
which he ran until 1944. Mowbray successfully bred the first Galapagos tortoises and Galapagos penguins in captivity.
In 1943 a stroke left him partially paralysed. He quit as curator in 1944 and was succeeded by his son Louis.
St. George's, Bermuda
St. George's , located on the island and within the parish of the same names, was the first permanent settlement on the islands of Bermuda, and is often described as the third successful English settlement in the Americas, after St. John's, Newfoundland, and Jamestown, Virginia. However, St...
; died 5 June 1952) was a Bermudian naturalist.
Life
Mowbray was the only son of schoolteacher William Mowbray and his wife Mary Ann Brown. His father emigrated from Luisiana to Bermuda Island in 1870. In 1906 he observed a live Bermuda PetrelBermuda Petrel
The Bermuda Petrel, Pterodroma cahow, is a gadfly petrel. Commonly known in Bermuda as the Cahow, a name derived from its eerie cries, this nocturnal ground-nesting seabird is the national bird of Bermuda, and a symbol of hope for nature conservation. It was thought extinct for 330 years...
of which he wrote the scientific description in 1916 together with John Treadwell Nichols
John Treadwell Nichols
John Treadwell Nichols was an American ichthyologist.-Biography:Nichols was born as son of John White Treadwell Nichols in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts. In 1906 he studied vertebrate zoology at Harvard College where he graduated to Bachelor of Arts...
. In 1907 he married Hilda Higinbotham. Their son Louis Mowbray rediscovered the Bermuda Petrel in 1951 together with Robert Cushman Murphy
Robert Cushman Murphy
Robert Cushman Murphy was an American ornithologist and former Lamont curator of birds for the American Museum of Natural History....
and David B. Wingate
David B. Wingate
Dr David Balcombe Wingate OBE, born October 11, 1935, is an ornithologist, naturalist and conservationist. He was born in Bermuda.In 1951 he helped Robert Cushman Murphy and Louis S...
. Louis Leon Arthur Mowbray was hired by the Bermuda Natural History Society as director for Bermuda's first aquarium. He ran the aquarium until 1911. In 1911 he became director of the South Boston Aquarium which he ran for three years. In 1914, he became superintendent of the New York Aquarium
New York Aquarium
The New York Aquarium is the oldest continually operating aquarium in the United States, having opened in Castle Garden in Battery Park, Manhattan in 1896. Since 1957, it has been located on the boardwalk in Coney Island, Brooklyn. The aquarium is managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society as...
. Between 1919 und 1923 he spent in Miami where he build up and run a new aquarium. In 1923 he rejoined the staff of the New York Aquarium and in 1926 he returned to Bermuda. In 1928 he became director of the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo
Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo
The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo is a facility located in Flatts Village, Bermuda, about 700 miles East of the United States and at the geographic center of Bermuda...
which he ran until 1944. Mowbray successfully bred the first Galapagos tortoises and Galapagos penguins in captivity.
In 1943 a stroke left him partially paralysed. He quit as curator in 1944 and was succeeded by his son Louis.