David Humphreys Storer

American physician

David Humphreys Storer

Born| (1804-03-26)March 26, 1804

Portland, Maine

Died| September 10, 1891(1891-09-10) (aged 87)

Boston, Massachusetts

Nationality| American
Alma mater| Harvard Medical School, 1825
Bowdoin College, 1822[1]
Occupation| Physician
Spouse| Abigail Jane Storer (nee Brewer)
Children| Horatio Robinson Storer
Francis Humphreys Storer
Abby Matilda Storer
Mary Goddard Storer
Robert Woodbury Storer
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David Humphreys Storer (March 26, 1804—September 10, 1891) was an American physician and naturalist. He served as dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard Medical School from 1855–1864,[2] and published on the reptiles and fishes of New England.[1] He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1872.[3]

The colubrid snake genus Storeria is named in his honor.[4]

## Contents

* 1 Selected bibliography
* 2 Species Descriptions
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Selected bibliography[edit]

* Storer, David Humphreys; Peabody, William Bourne Oliver (1839). Reports on the Fishes, Reptiles and Birds of Massachusetts. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers.
* Storer DH (1846). "A Synopsis of the Fishes of North America". Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2: 253–550.
* Storer DH (1853). "A History of the Fishes of Massachusetts". Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 5 (1): 122–168.
* Storer DH (1859). "A History of the Fishes of Massachusetts". Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 6 (2): 309–372.

## Species Descriptions[edit]

Among the fish he described are:

* The tessellated darter (Etheostoma olmstedi)
* The yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea)
* The rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum)
* The northern pipefish (Syngnathus fuscus)
* The kelp pipefish (Syngnathus californiensis)
* The ashy darter (Etheostoma cinereum)
* The northern studfish (Fundulus catenatus)
* The wrymouth, (Cryptacanthodes maculatus), sometimes called a ghostfish
* The blackspotted topminnow, (Fundulus olivaceus)

He also described the snake: Storeria occipitomaculata, commonly known as the Redbelly Snake

* Category:Taxa named by David Humphreys Storer

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Scudder, Samuel H. (1891). "David Humphreys Storer". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 27: 388–391. JSTOR 20020490.
2. ^ "Past Deans of the Faculty of Medicine". Harvard Medical School. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
3. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
4. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Storer", p. 255).

## External links[edit]

* Works by or about David Humphreys Storer at Internet Archive
* Works by or about David Humphreys Storer in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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