| Thomas Barbour, Ph. D. | |
| Born | 1884 Martha’s Vinyard, Massachusetts |
|---|---|
| Died | 1946 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Known for | Naturalist, author, professor, & director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University |
| Spouse | Rosamund Pierce |
| Parents | Colonel William Barbour & Julia Adelaide Spraque |
| Relatives | Senator William Warren Barbour (R NJ) (Brother) |
Thomas Barbour (1884 - 1946) was an American herpetologist. Ballard Park is a public park located at 924 Thomas Barbour Drive Melbourne, Florida and is situated on the Indian River Lagoon and the Eau Gallie Melbourne is a city in Brevard County Florida, United States. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Herpetology (from Greek: ἑρπετόν herpeton, "creeping animal" and λόγος logos, "knowledge" is the branch of Zoology From 1927 until 1946, he was director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology founded in 1859 by Louis Agassiz at Harvard University in Cambrdge, Massachusetts. The Museum of Comparative Zoology is located on the grounds of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is one of three museums which collectively Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( May 28 1807 — December 14 1873) was a Swiss - American Zoologist, Glaciologist Cambridge Massachusetts is a City in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
Life and Career
Thomas Barbour, the eldest of four brothers, was born in 1884 to Colonel William Barbour, and his wife, Julia Adelaide Sprague. Colonel ( RP ˈkɜnəl GA ˈkɜrnəl is a Military rank of a Commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country Colonel Barbour was founder and president of The Linen Thread Company, Inc. , a successful thread manufacturing enterprise having much business in the United States, Ireland, and Scotland. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Although born on Martha's Vinyard, Massachusetts, where the family was spending the summer, Barbour grew up in Monmouth, New Jersey, where one of his younger brothers, William Warren Barbour, entered the political arena, eventually serving as U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1931 to 1937 and again from 1938 to 1943. Martha's Vineyard (adjoining the smaller Chappaquiddick Island) is an Island off the US east coast to the south of Cape Cod, both The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Monmouth County is a County located in the US state of New Jersey, within the New York metropolitan area. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. William Warren Barbour ( July 31 1888 - November 22 1943) was an American Republican Party politician who represented The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives
At age fifteen, Thomas Barbour was taken to visit Harvard University, which, entranced with the Museum of Comparative Zoology, he later attended. The Museum of Comparative Zoology is located on the grounds of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is one of three museums which collectively At Harvard, he studied under Alexander Agassiz, son of Louis Agassiz. Alexander Emanuel Agassiz ( December 17, 1835 &ndash March 27, 1910) son of Louis Agassiz and stepson of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( May 28 1807 — December 14 1873) was a Swiss - American Zoologist, Glaciologist Having received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. A Master of Arts ( Latin: Magister Artium) is a Postgraduate academic Master's degree awarded by universities in a large "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. from that university, Barbour joined the faculty in 1911 when his doctoral dissertation was published, and he took on the position of curator of reptiles and amphibians at the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Curator (from Latin cura care means manager overseer. A curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution (e Reptiles, or members of the class Reptilia are air-breathing Cold-blooded Vertebrates that have skin covered in scales as opposed to hair or feathers Prehistoric amphibian Amphibians (class Amphibia such as Frogs Toads Salamanders Newts Gymnophiona, Sirens and Eventually he became the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and, in 1927, director of the museum. Although primarily interested in reptiles and amphibians, he also studied birds and insects, particularly butterflies. Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described A butterfly is an Insect of the order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera butterflies are notable for their unusual life cycle with a His biological interests, however, were remarkably diversified, and he is considered to be one of the last of a dying breed: a general naturalist. Natural history is the Scientific research of Plants or Animals leaning more towards the Observational than Experimental methods
His scientific travels took him through Africa, Asia, North America, South America, and Central America, among other regions. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a He particularly enjoyed Panama, Costa Rica, and Cuba, which he visited at length on at least thirty occasions beginning in 1908, generally staying at the Harvard Gardens in Soledad in the southern part of Cuba. Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( Spanish: Costa Rica or República de Costa Rica,) is a Country in The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la In his book, Naturalist in Cuba, Barbour writes, "I suspect that I am the only living American naturalist who has visited all parts of the island again and again, for I am not only a Cuban by adoption, but a devoted friend of the land and its people. " In addition to the expected scientific discussion of the island's flora and fauna, Barbour provides a description of Cuban society and culture. In Botany, flora ( Plural: floras or florae has two meanings The first meaning flora of an area or of time period, refers to all Fauna is all of the Animal life of any particular region or time
In 1923 and 1924, he was one of the scientists and financial benefactors who founded the Barro Colorado Island Laboratory in Panama, location of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Barro Colorado Island (BCI is located in the man-made Gatun Lake in the middle of the Panama Canal. Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI in Panama, the only bureau of the Smithsonian Institution based outside of the United States, is The island, originally a hilltop, sits in the middle of Gatun Lake, which was created when the Chagres River was dammed during the Panama Canal building project. Gatun Lake (Sp Lago Gatún) is a large Artificial lake situated in the Republic of Panama; it forms a major part of the Panama Canal, carrying The Chagres River (Río Chagres is a River in central Panama. The Panama Canal is a man-made Canal in Panama which joins the
Along with better than 400 scholarly articles, Barbour wrote several books including the autobiographical Naturalist at Large (1945), Naturalist in Cuba (1945), and That Vanishing Eden (1944), which explores the natural world of a remote, undeveloped Florida. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the
In 1906, Barbour married Rosamund Pierce of Brookline, Massachusetts. Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, which borders on the cities of Boston and Newton. A two-year honeymoon took them through remote reaches of the Dutch East Indies, India, Burma, Java, China, and New Guinea with Barbour's wife helping him to photograph animals and collect specimens. See http//enwikipediaorg/wiki/WikipediaFootnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the tags and the template below India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. Java (Jawa is an Island of Indonesia and the site of its Capital city Jakarta. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National New Guinea, located just north of Australia, is the world's second largest island, having become separated from the Australian mainland when the area now known Their union resulted in six children and eleven grandchildren. The family home was on Clarendon Street in Boston's Back Bay, with summers spent in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts. Beverly Farms is an informally defined Neighborhood at the eastern edge of the city of Beverly Massachusetts. After a brief illness, Thomas Barbour, who long had suffered from a heart condition, died in 1946.
References
- Barbour, Thomas. A Naturalist in Cuba. Little, Brown and Company; Boston, MA, 1945.
- Barbour, Thomas. Naturalist at Large. Little, Brown and Company; Boston, MA, 1943.
- Barbour, Thomas. That Vanishing Eden: A Naturalist's Florida. Little, Brown, and Company (An Atlantic Monthly Press Book); Boston, MA, 1944.
- Barbour, Thomas and Charles T. Ramsden. The Herpatology of Cuba (with an introduction by Rodolofo Ruibal). Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles; Missouri, 2003. ISBN 0-916984-61-3.
- Barbour, Thomas (nephew of Thomas Barbour). Our Families (Volumes 1 & 2). Self-printed. 1983.
- Weeks, Edward. In Friendly Candor. Little, Brown and Company; Boston, MA, 1959. ISBN 0-316-92784-8.
See also
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