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Theodore Nicholas Gill (21 de marzo de 1837 - 25 de septiembre de 1914) fue un ictiólogo, paleontólogo y bibliotecario estadounidense. Nació en Nueva York y se educó con tutores privados. Gill mostró un interés precoz en la historia natural .
Theodore Nicholas Gill (March 21, 1837 – September 25, 1914) was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist, and librarian . Career. Born and educated in New York City under private tutors, Gill early showed interest in natural history.
Theodore Nicholas Gill fue un ictiólogo, paleontólogo y bibliotecario estadounidense.
Theodore Nicholas Gill, “Ichthyobranchius”, was many things: an ichthyologist, law student, professor of zoology, Senior Assistant Librarian of Congress, member of the Megatherium Club, and as Robert Kennicott described him “about the oddest fish I’ve come across.”
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Bovichtidae was first formally described as a family in 1861 by the American ichthyologist Theodore Nicholas Gill. [1] . The family name was spelled Bovichthyidae in the 4th edition of J. S. Nelson's Fishes of the World but has been reverted to Bovichtidae in the 5th edition. [2] .
He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, was a fellow and president (1897) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of many other scientific societies, and a founder of the Cosmos Club. A bachelor, Gill lived and studied in cluttered offices in the Smithsonian throughout most of his scientific career.
Chirodactylus was described as a genus in 1862 by the American ichthyologist Theodore Nicholas Gill with the South American Cheilodactylus antonii, which had been described by Achille Valenciennes in 1833, as the type species by monotypy. [1] . Gill subsequently included two other species in Chirodactylus, C. grandis and C, variegatus. [2] .
