Henry Weed Fowler (March 23, 1878 – June 21, 1965) was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.[1][2]
He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan. He joined the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia and worked as an assistant from 1903 to 1922, associate curator of vertebrates from 1922 to 1934, curator of fish and reptiles from 1934 to 1940 and curator of fish from 1940 to 1965.[2]
He published material on numerous topics including crustaceans, birds, reptiles and amphibians, but his most important work was on fish. In 1927 he co-founded the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and acted as treasurer until the end of 1927.[1][2]
In 1934, he went to Cuba, alongside Charles Cadwalader (president of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia), at the invitation of Ernest Hemingway to study billfishes, he stayed with Hemingway for six weeks and the three men developed a friendship which continued after this trip and Hemingway sent specimens to, and corresponded with, both Fowler and Cadwalader afterwards. Fowler named the spinycheek scorpionfish (Neomerithe hemingwayi) in honor of the author. Hemingway learnt a lot about marine life from his two guests, much of which he was said to have used in The Old Man and the Sea.[3]
From 1936–1937, he took part in an expedition to Bolivia.
^ abcSmith-Vaniz, William F.; Peck, Robert McCracken (1991). "Contributions of Henry Weed Fowler (1878–1965), with a Brief Early History of Ichthyology at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 143: 173–191. JSTOR 4064998.
^Alissa Falcone (8 September 2014). "'A Warm Friendship': The Legacy of Hemingway and the Academy". Drexel Now. Drexel University. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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saltwater species of fish from the Indo-Pacific. It was described by HenryWeedFowler in 1918. C. parasema is a small marine fish that reaches 2.8–3 in...
are currently two described species in this genus: Liosomadoras morrowi Fowler, 1940 Liosomadoras oncinus (Jardine, 1841) (Jaguar catfish) Froese, Rainer...
currently 2 recognized species in this genus: Macrorhamphosodes platycheilus Fowler, 1934 (Trumpetsnout spikefish) Macrorhamphosodes uradoi Kamohara, 1933 (Trumpetsnout)...
Sciaenidae Genus: Otolithoides Fowler, 1933 Type species Otolithus biauritus Cantor, 1849 Species see text Synonyms Pama Fowler, 1933 Sciaenoides Blyth, 1860...
Order: Kurtiformes Family: Apogonidae Subfamily: Apogoninae Genus: Sphaeramia Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1930 Type species Apogon nematopterus Bleeker 1856...
currently recognized species in this genus are: Rudarius ercodes D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1902 (white-spotted pygmy filefish) Rudarius excelsus Hutchins, 1977 (diamond...
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Labriformes Family: Scaridae Genus: Nicholsina Fowler, 1915 Type species Cryptotomus beryllinus (as a synonym of Nicholsina usta)...
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