John Van Den Burgh | |
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| Born | (1872-08-23)August 23, 1872 |
| Died | October 24, 1924(1924-10-24) (aged 52) Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Stanford University,Johns Hopkins University |
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| Fields | Herpetology,medicine |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Van Den Burgh |
John Van Denburgh (August 23, 1872 – October 24, 1924) was an Americanherpetologist fromCalifornia (who also used the name Van Denburgh in publications, hence this name is used below).
Van Denburgh was born inSan Francisco and enrolled atStanford University in 1891. As of 1895, he organized the herpetology department of theCalifornia Academy of Sciences. In 1897, he received aPh.D. from Stanford University and earned aM.D. fromJohns Hopkins in 1902. Subsequently, he practiced medicine in San Francisco, while again serving as curator of the herpetological collections of the California Academy of Sciences.
After theSan Francisco earthquake of 1906 he was instrumental in rebuilding the lost herpetology collections through new expeditions and also acquisitions of other collections. In 1922, he published the two-volumeThe Reptiles of Western North America.
He died in 1924 while on vacation inHonolulu, Hawaii.[1]
Van Denburgh discovered and described at least 38 species or reptiles in a series of papers and books published between 1895 and 1922.[2]
Van Den Burgh is commemorated in the scientific names of one species and three subspecies of reptiles:Aspodoscelis tigris vandenburghi,Diadophis punctatus vandenburgii,Sceloporus graciosus vandenburgianus,Scincella vandenburghi,[3] andChelonoidis vandenburghi.
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