Книга: Goode G Brown «An account of the Smithsonian Institution, its origin, history, objects and achievements»

An account of the Smithsonian Institution, its origin, history, objects and achievements

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Goode, G Brown

▪ American zoologist
born Feb. 13, 1851, New Albany, Ind., U.S.
died Sept. 6, 1896, Washington, D.C.

      American zoologist who directed the scientific reorganization and recataloging of the collection at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.

      After graduating from Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn., he spent a year at Harvard University studying natural history under Louis Agassiz. Goode took charge of the Orange Judd Museum of Natural History from 1871 to 1877. In 1874 he became chief of the division of fisheries at the National Museum and in 1887 assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in charge of the National Museum, a position he held until his death. He prepared government exhibits for the Centennial Exposition of 1876 at Philadelphia, the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 at Chicago, exhibitions at Berlin (1880) and London (1883), and many others. Goode wrote several works on the history of the Smithsonian Institution and American Fishes (1888). In 1895 he published his most important scientific work, Oceanic Ichthyology, which added 156 new species to the known fishes of the Atlantic Ocean.

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