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Henry Augustus Pilsbry

American zoologist

Died when: 94 years 323 days (1138 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

Henry Augustus Pilsbry

Henry Augustus Pilsbry (7 December 1862 – 26 October 1957) was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study.He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century.

For much of his career, his authority with respect to the classification of certain substantial groups of organisms was unchallenged: barnacles, chitons, North American terrestrial mollusks, and others.


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