Margaret Hamilton Storey

Margaret Hamilton Storey (July 31, 1900 – October 18, 1960) was an American museum curator, herpetologist and ichthyologist. She was the first to describe a species of eel known as Bascanichthys paulensis.^[1] Storey also served as the only woman Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) track timer in the country for twenty six years.^[2]

Biography

Storey was born into an educated household.^[3] Her father, Thomas Storey, was the founder of the Stanford University School of Health.^[2] Storey attended Cornell University, receiving an A.B. degree in 1922 and received her master's degree in 1936 from Stanford University.^[4] She began working at the Stanford Natural History Museum first as a volunteer, but in 1940, was given a "regular staff appointment."^[3] Storey worked as both a curator at the museum and also as a librarian of the zoological book collection^[3] She worked closely with George S. Myers, supervising the curating.^[5] She also edited the Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin and Occasional Papers.^[3] She would work at the museum for over twenty-five years.^[6]

Storey collected herpetological specimens from the United States Southwest deserts, the Rocky Mountains and Maine.^[7] She contributed notes, information and corrections for books about reptiles and amphibians.^[8][9] Storey and Meyers were also very involved in the Stanford Zoology Club, which dated back to the 1890s and in an ichthyology club called the Fishverein.^[5]

Storey died after surgery on October 18, 1960.^[2] An award, given to the most improved runner on the Stanford Cardinals team, is named after her.^[10]

Publications

• Storey, Margaret (1937). "The Relation Between Normal Range and Mortality of Fishes due to Cold at Sanibel Island, Florida". Ecology. 18 (1): 10–26. doi:10.2307/1932700. JSTOR 1932700.
• Storey, Margaret (1939). "Contributions toward a revision of the Ophichthyid eels. 1, The genera Callechelys and Bascanichthys, with descriptions of new species and notes on Myrichthys". Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin. 1 (3).

References

Citations

1. Storey, M. H., 1939 (3 Feb.) [ref. 12333] Contributions toward a revision of the ophichthyid eels. I. The genera Callechelys and Bascanichthys, with descriptions of new species and notes on Myrichthys. Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 1 (no. 3): 61-84.
2. "Margaret H. Storey". Oakland Tribune. 18 October 1960. Retrieved 4 April 2016 – via Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
3. Balong, Bruton and Noakes 1994, p. 14.
4. Tanner, Vasco M. (1960). "Margaret Hamilton Storey (1900-1960)". Western North American Naturalist. 20 (2): 70. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
5. "History of George S. Myers". Proceeding of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series. 38. 1970. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
6. "Bulletin Honors Woman Editor". The Stanford Daily. 138 (40). 17 November 1960. p. 4. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
7. Burt, Charles E.; Myers, George S. (1942). Neotropical Lizards in the Collection of the Natural History Museum of Stanford University. Stanford University Press. p. 3. ISBN 9780804705790.
8. Klauber, Laurence Monroe (1972). Rattlesnakes: Their Habits, Life Histories, and Influence on Mankind. 1. University of California Press. p. 502. ISBN 9780520017757.
9. Pickwell, Gayle (1947). Amphibians and Reptiles of the Pacific States. Stanford University Press. pp. vii. ISBN 9780804715973.
10. Neal, Travis (17 September 1999). "Stanford Cross Country Season Off and Running". The Stanford Daily. 216 (1). p. 13C. Retrieved 4 April 2016.

Sources

• Balon, Eugene K.; Bruton, Michael N.; Noakes, David L.G., eds. (1994). Women in Ichthyology: An Anthology in Honour of ET, Ro and Genie. Springer Science + Business Media, B.V. ISBN 9789401101998.
• Myers, G. S. (1961). "Margaret Hamilton Storey, (1900-1960)". Copeia. 1961 (2): 261–263. JSTOR 1440030.