Charles Haskins Townsend
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Charles Haskins Townsend
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| Born | September 29, 1859 Parnassus, Pennsylvania |
| Died |
January 28, 1944 (aged 84) Miami, Florida |
| Residence | Westchester County, New York |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Zoology |
| Institutions |
United States Fish Commission New York Aquarium |
| Alma mater | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia |
| Spouse | Ella Townsend, nee Bean, (1854–1935) |
Charles Haskins Townsend, Sc.D. (September 29, 1859 – January 28, 1944) was an American zoologist.
The son of the Reverend Daniel W. Townsend and Elizabeth Townsend, née Kier, he was born at Parnassus, Pennsylvania, and educated in public and private schools.
In 1883, he became assistant United States Fish Commissioner in charge of salmon propagation in California. For a time, he was in charge of deep-sea explorations on the USS Albatross. From 1897 to 1902, he served as chief of the Fish Commission's fisheries division. He then served as director of the New York Aquarium at Castle Garden, from 1902 until his retirement in 1937.
In 1902 Townsend was an expert before the Russo-American fisheries arbitration at The Hague. In 1912-13 he was president of the American Fisheries Society. He was elected a fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences.
He is commemorated in the names of Townsend's shearwater and the Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi ).
He is also commemorated in the scientific names of three species of lizards: Amphisbaena townsendi, Anolis townsendi, and Sphaerodactylus townsendi.
He wrote extensively on fisheries, whaling, fur seals, deep-sea exploration and zoology.
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