David Humphreys Storer

David Humphreys Storer
Born	March 26, 1804 Portland, Maine
Died	September 10, 1891 (aged 87) Boston, Massachusetts
Nationality	American
Occupation	Physician
Spouse(s)	Abigail Jane Storer (nee Brewer)
Children	Horatio Robinson Storer Francis Humphreys Storer Abby Matilda Storer Mary Goddard Storer Robert Woodbury Storer
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David Humphreys Storer (March 26, 1804—September 10, 1891) was an American physician and naturalist. He served as dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard Medical School from 1855-1856,^[1] and published on the reptiles and fishes of New England.^[2]

The colubrid snake genus Storeria is named in his honor.^[3]

Selected bibliography

• David Humphreys Storer, and William Bourn Oliver Peabody. (1839). Reports on the fishes, reptiles and birds of Massachusetts. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers.
• Storer, D. H. (1846). A synopsis of the fishes of North America. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 253-550.
• Storer, D. H. (1853). A History of the Fishes of Massachusetts. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 5, No. 1 122-168.
• Storer, D. H. (1859). A History of the Fishes of Massachusetts. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 6, No. 2 309-372.

References

1. "Past Deans of the Faculty of Medicine". Harvard Medical School. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
2. Scudder, Samuel H. (1891–1892). "David Humphreys Storer". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 27: 388–391. JSTOR 20020490.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Storer", p. 255).

External links

• Works by or about David Humphreys Storer at Internet Archive
• Works by or about David Humphreys Storer in libraries (WorldCat catalog)