Albert B. Ulrey
Albert Brennus Ulrey was a marine biologist, born in North Manchester, Indiana, December 31, 1860[1] and died 21 December 1932 in Los Angeles, California.[2]
Personal life
Ulrey married Florence Katherine Speicher (1883-1966) on 15 November 1900.[2]
Career
He was the first biology instructor at Manchester University in Indiana, joining the faculty in 1894,[3] and also the University of Southern California’s first marine biologist, hired in 1901.[4] He ultimately became the Director of the Marine Biological Station of the University of Southern California.
Fish named for him
The Hyphessobrycon ulreyi is named after him.[5]
Publications
- “A Review of the Embioticidae,” Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries (V. 25 1905), Volume 12 (1894)
- “The Marine Fishes of Southern California,” Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, Volumes 21-24 (1922)
References
- ↑ Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, Volumes 83-84 (1974) By Indiana Academy of Science, 335.
- 1 2 Albert B. Ulrey, Ancestry.com.
- ↑ “A. B. Ulrey, First Biology Instructor at Manchester College,” Manchester College Archives and Brethren Historical Collection.
- ↑ USC Wrigley Institute.
- ↑ Dr. Herbert R. Axelrod and Dr. Leonard P. Schultz, Handbook of Tropical Aquarium Fishes (Neptune City: T.F.H. Publications, Inc., 1983), 226.
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