William Stimpson
1832–72
American naturalist and conchologist. Naturalist to the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853–6. Worked in the invertebrate department of the Smithsonian Institution, 1856–65. Director of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, 1865–72.
Sources
DAB
DSB.
Bibliography
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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