John Treadwell Nichols | |
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| Born | (1883-06-11)June 11, 1883 |
| Died | November 10, 1958(1958-11-10) (aged 75) |
| Alma mater | Harvard College |
| Spouse | Cornelia DuBois Floyd |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ichthyology,ornithology |
| Institutions | American Museum of Natural History |
John Treadwell Nichols (June 11, 1883 – November 10, 1958) was an Americanichthyologist andornithologist.
Nichols was born inJamaica Plain, Boston,Massachusetts, the son of Mary Blake (Slocum) and John White Treadwell Nichols.[1] In 1906 he studied vertebrate zoology at Harvard College, where he graduated with aBachelor of Arts (AB). In 1907 he joined the American Museum of Natural History as assistant in the department of mammalogy. In 1913 he foundedCopeia, the official journal of theAmerican Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.[2] In 1916 he described the long lostBermuda petrel together withLouis Leon Arthur Mowbray who first sighted this bird within a flock of other petrels in 1906 on Castle Island, Bermuda 45 years before it was officially rediscovered by Mowbray's son Louis.[3] He also described the fishgenusBajacalifornia. He also worked with a team of scientists from the American Museum of Natural History during theJersey Shore shark attacks of 1916. From 1913 to 1952 he was first assistant curator, then associate curator in charge, and finally curator in the Department of Ichthyology at the American Museum of Natural History.
Nichols wrote 1,000 articles and several books (mostly about fish but also about birds), and he made many expeditions around the world.
He was married to Cornelia DuBois Floyd (October 24, 1882 – December 1977), granddaughter of U.S. Representative from New YorkJohn G. Floyd.
Nichols died inGarden City, New York.[4] His grandchildren are novelistJohn Nichols and politicianWilliam Weld.[5][6]
Nichols is honored in thescientific names of twospecies of reptiles:Dipsas nicholsi andSphaerodactylus nicholsi.[7] and thegeneric name of a genus ofparrotfishes,Nicholsina.[8]
Additionally the following fish species were named for him.[9][10]
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