David Starr Jordan

David Starr Jordan as a young man (1868) from Days of a Man

David Starr Jordan, Ph. D. , LL. D. (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist (the study of fish), educator and peace activist. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eugenics is a social Philosophy which advocates the improvement of Human Hereditary traits through various forms of intervention Ichthyology (from Greek ἰχθυ ikhthu, "fish" and λόγος logos, "knowledge" is the branch of Zoology devoted to the study This is a list of educators. See also Education, List of education topics. A peace activist is a Political activist who advocates for a peaceful resolution of political disputes He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University. Indiana University is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in

Jordan was born in Gainesville, New York, and studied at Cornell University, Butler University, and the Indiana University School of Medicine. Gainesville is a Village in Wyoming County, New York, USA. The population was 304 at the 2000 census Butler University is a private Liberal arts University in Indianapolis, Indiana. ^[1] In 1885, he was named President of Indiana University, becoming the nation's youngest university president at age 34. ^[2]In 1891, he became president of Stanford, serving there as president until 1913 and chancellor until his retirement in 1916. ^[3]

Although highly regarded as an ichthyologist, Jordan was best known for being a peace activist. He argued that war was detrimental to the human species because it removed the strongest organisms from the gene pool. Jordan was president of the World Peace Foundation from 1910 to 1914 and president of the World Peace Conference in 1915, and opposed U. S. involvement in World War I. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All ^[4]

In 1925, Jordan was an expert witness for the defense in the Scopes Trial. The " Scopes Trial " ( Scopes v State 152 Tenn 424 278 S ^[5]

Jordan's papers are housed at Swarthmore College. Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1500 students ^[6]

Monuments and memorials

• NOAA research vessel David Starr Jordan [1]
• David Starr Jordan High School in Los Angeles, California
• David Starr Jordan High School in Long Beach, California
• David Starr Jordan Junior High School in Burbank, California
• Jordan Middle School in Palo Alto, California
• "Jordan River", a stream flowing through the Indiana University campus, and Jordan Hall, the biology building at IU
• Jordan Avenue in Bloomington
• Jordan Hall, home of the Indiana University Department of Biology located in Bloomington Indiana. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA) is a scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the A research vessel (R/V is a Ship designed and equipped to carry out Research at Sea. David Starr Jordan High School is a public comprehensive four-year High school in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Staff Mario Jimenez-Co-Principal Rosalind Morgan-Co-Principal David Starr Jordan High School (usually referred to as Long Beach is a city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific coast Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County California, United States. The Palo Alto Unified School District is a public school district located in Palo Alto, California. Palo Alto (ˌpæloʊˈæltoʊ from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high" i Indiana University is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Bloomington is a city and the County seat of Monroe County in the south central region of the U
• Jordan Hall, a large classroom and academic building on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis
• Jordan Hall, home of the Psychology Department at Stanford University

Notable works

• Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United States (1876)
• Science sketches (1887)
• Fishes of North and Middle America (four volumes, 1896-1900)
• Animal Life: A First Book of Zoölogy (1900), with Vernon L. Butler University is a private Liberal arts University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in Kellog
• The Philosophy of Despair (1901)
• Food and Game Fishes of North America (1902), with Barton Warren Evermann|B. W. Evermann
• Guide to the Study of Fishes (1905)
• Life's Enthusiasms (1906)
• Days of a Man (1922) - autobiography
• The Blood of the Nation
• War and Waste (1913)
• War's Aftermath (1914), with H. E. Jordan
• Ways of Lasting Peace
• Democracy and World Relations
• Imperial Democracy
• Shore Fishes of Hawaii

Eponymy

The genera Jordania Starks, 1895, Davidijordania Popov, 1931, and Jordanella Goode & Bean, 1879 are named after him. The flagfish or American flagfish, Jordanella floridae, is a Killifish native to Florida. George Brown Goode ( 13 February, 1851 - 6 September, 1896) was an Ichthyologist, although most of his time was spent as a museum

Species named after him include:

• Agonomalus jordani Jordan & Starks, 1904.
• Agonomalus jordani Schmidt, 1904.
• Allocareproctus jordani (Burke, 1930).
• Astyanax jordani (Hubbs & Innes, 1936). Astyanax jordani is a Freshwater Fish of the Characin family (family Characidae) of order Characiformes
• Caelorinchus jordani Smith & Pope, 1906.
• Caulophryne jordani Goode & Bean, 1896. George Brown Goode ( 13 February, 1851 - 6 September, 1896) was an Ichthyologist, although most of his time was spent as a museum Tarleton Hoffman Bean (1846–1916 was an American Ichthyologist, born at Bainbridge Pennsylvania.
• Chimaera jordani Tanaka, 1905. UserPolbot. --> Jordan's chimaera ( Chimaera jordani) is a species of Fish in the Chimaeridae
• Charal, Chirostoma jordani Woolman, 1894.
• Jordan's tuskfish, Choerodon jordani (Snyder, 1908).
• Flame wrasse, Cirrhilabrus jordani Snyder, 1904.
• Smooth lumpfish, Cyclopteropsis jordani Soldatov, 1929.
• Diplacanthopoma jordani Garman, 1899. Samuel Walton Garman (1843-1927 was a naturalist / Zoologist from Pennsylvania
• Mimic triplefin, Enneanectes jordani (Evermann & Marsh, 1899).
• Petrale sole, Eopsetta jordani (Lockington, 1879).
• Greenbreast darter, Etheostoma jordani Gilbert, 1891.
• Gadella jordani (Böhlke & Mead, 1951).
• Yellow Irish lord, Hemilepidotus jordani Bean, 1881. Tarleton Hoffman Bean (1846–1916 was an American Ichthyologist, born at Bainbridge Pennsylvania.
• Brokenline lanternfish, Lampanyctus jordani Gilbert, 1913.
• Jordan's snapper, Lutjanus jordani (Gilbert, 1898).
• Shortjaw eelpout, Lycenchelys jordani (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907).
• Malthopsis jordani Gilbert, 1905.
• Gulf grouper, Mycteroperca jordani (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889). UserPolbot. -->The gulf grouper ( Mycteroperca jordani) is a species of Fish in the Serranidae
• Neosalanx jordani Wakiya & Takahashi, 1937.
• Patagonotothen jordani (Thompson, 1916).
• Ptychidio jordani Myers, 1930.
• Northern ronquil, Ronquilus jordani (Gilbert, 1889).
• Shortbelly rockfish, Sebastes jordani (Gilbert, 1896).
• Jordan's damsel, Teixeirichthys jordani (Rutter, 1897).
• Jordan's sculpin, Triglops jordani (Schmidt, 1903).

References

1. ^ Papers of David Starr Jordan, CDG-A, Swarthmore College Peace Collection
2. ^ Papers of David Starr Jordan, CDG-A, Swarthmore College Peace Collection
3. ^ Papers of David Starr Jordan, CDG-A, Swarthmore College Peace Collection
4. ^ Papers of David Starr Jordan, CDG-A, Swarthmore College Peace Collection
5. ^ Papers of David Starr Jordan, CDG-A, Swarthmore College Peace Collection
6. ^ Papers of David Starr Jordan, CDG-A, Swarthmore College Peace Collection

• Edward McNall Burns, David Starr Jordan: Prophet of Freedom (Stanford, 1953)
• Alice N. Hays, David Starr Jordan: A Bibliography of His Writings 1871-1931 (Stanford, 1952)
• This article incorporates text from the public domain Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography is a six-volume collection of biographies of famous Americans published between 1887 and 1889 edited by

External links

• History of Stanford motto, with Jordan bio info
• Works by David Starr Jordan at Project Gutenberg
• Official NOAA page for the research ship David Starr Jordan
• Biography, David Starr Jordan Prize website
• History And Status of Introduced Fishes In California, 1871 – 1996