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599: 31: 131: 216:, Verrill spent almost three months working on the coral collections of the Smithsonian. The process of overhauling the collection required identifying various species, selecting type specimens and making up a set of duplicates to be sent back north to Harvard. While in Washington he became acquainted with many scientists and formed lifelong friendships with a number of them. 223:
in 1871. In this role, which he held till 1887, Verrill was responsible for marine investigations and all invertebrate collections. The estimated several hundred thousand specimens collected between 1871 and 1887 were sent to New Haven for Verrill to sort, identify, catalogue and label. As partial
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compensation for his work, after the first set of type specimens was sent to the Smithsonian, he was allowed to keep the first set of duplicates as personal property. Upon retirement he sold this personal collection to the
193:. In 1864 Verrill made reports on mining, or prospective mining, properties in New Hampshire, New York, and Pennsylvania. Two years after graduation from Harvard, he accepted a position as 658: 322:
Verrill published more than 350 papers and monographs, and described more than 1,000 species of animals in virtually every major taxonomy group. He was a member of the
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In 1861 while under the guidance of Louis Agassiz at Harvard he was sent to Washington D.C. to obtain specimens from the
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King of the Dinosaur Hunters : the life of John Bell Hatcher and the discoveries that shaped paleontology
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and promote friendly relations and interest between the scientific men of Washington and those of the Harvard
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The friendship that Verrill and Baird developed, led to the appointment of Verrill as assistant to the
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first Professor of Zoology, and taught there from 1864 until his retirement in 1907.
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The author published a reprint with some changes in 1903 and a 2nd edition in 1907.
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Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists
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Verrill married Flora Louisa Smith in 1865. They had six children. Their son,
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American invertebrate zoologist, museum curator and university professor
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The Ancestry, Life and Work of Addison E. Verrill of Yale University
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The ancestry, life and work of Addison E. Verrill of Yale University
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Coe, Wesley R. (1927). "Addison Emery Verrill: Pioneer Zoologist".
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Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences
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and articles on the subjects mentioned above, he published
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Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
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Sterling, Keir B., ed. (1997). "Verrill, Addison Emery".
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Addison Emery Verrill Archives at Yale Peabody Museum
333:, awarded for achievement in the natural sciences. 610: 303:In later life he explored with his students the 583:. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Pacific Coast Pub. Co. 329:In 1959, Yale's Peabody Museum established the 274:, and became the chief authority on the living 345:, became an author, illustrator and explorer. 29: 150:Verrill was born on February 9, 1839, in 567: 504: 324:Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 287:Report upon the Invertebrate Animals of 600:Works by or about Addison Emery Verrill 576: 370: 611: 405: 247:. From 1860 Verrill investigated the 226:Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History 258:coast, with special reference to the 461: 459: 457: 429: 427: 550:"Addison Emery Verrill (1839-1926)" 547: 510: 161:Verrill started college in 1859 at 13: 563:(2). National Academy of Sciences. 221:Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries 14: 675: 588: 454: 424: 129: 577:Verrill, George Elliot (1958). 475:Verrill, Addison Emery (1902). 468: 371:Verrill, George Elliot (1958). 445: 436: 390: 381: 364: 355: 319:(1903; second edition, 1907). 1: 348: 231:Between 1868–70 he was 210:Museum of Comparative Zoology 185:and in the summer of 1861 to 654:People from Greenwood, Maine 7: 331:Addison Emery Verrill Medal 199:Sheffield Scientific School 10: 680: 533:10.1126/science.66.1697.28 307:and marine animals of the 212:. Under the direction of 644:Harvard University alumni 336: 177:in the summer of 1860 to 128: 123: 119: 109: 99: 92: 84: 76: 70:Santa Barbara, California 58: 37: 28: 21: 629:American science writers 649:Yale University faculty 548:Coe, Wesley R. (1932). 406:Dingus, Lowell (2018). 282:of the North Atlantic. 245:University of Wisconsin 214:Spencer Fullerton Baird 206:Smithsonian institution 145: 664:Scientists from Maine 505:Additional references 493:10.5962/bhl.part.7249 140:Addison Emery Verrill 23:Addison Emery Verrill 557:Biographical Memoirs 487:: 413–912, 246figs. 179:Trenton Point, Maine 634:American zoologists 525:1927Sci....66...28C 317:The Bermuda Islands 294:Sidney Irving Smith 237:comparative anatomy 183:Mount Desert Island 572:. Greenwood Press. 465:Verrill 1958 p. 68 451:Verrill 1958 p. 65 442:Verrill 1958 p. 45 433:Verrill 1958 p. 43 396:Verrill 1958 p. 57 387:Verrill 1958 p. 55 165:and studied under 163:Harvard University 88:Harvard University 410:. Pegasus Books. 278:, especially the 137: 136: 94:Scientific career 62:December 10, 1926 671: 604:Internet Archive 584: 573: 564: 554: 544: 498: 496: 472: 466: 463: 452: 449: 443: 440: 434: 431: 422: 421: 403: 397: 394: 388: 385: 379: 378: 368: 362: 359: 311:. 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Greenwood, Maine
Santa Barbara, California
zoology
Yale University

Greenwood, Maine
Norway, Maine
Harvard University
Louis Agassiz
Alpheus Hyatt
Nathaniel Shaler
Trenton Point, Maine
Mount Desert Island
Anticosti Island
Labrador
Yale University
Sheffield Scientific School
Smithsonian institution
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Spencer Fullerton Baird
Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
professor
comparative anatomy
entomology
University of Wisconsin
invertebrate
fauna
Atlantic

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