Forename:

Silas  Search this

Surname:

Stearns  Search this

Occupation:

Naturalists

Record type:

Personal name

Birth Date:

1859

Death Date:

1888

Biographical History:

Silas Stearns (1859-1888) joined the Warren Fish Company in Pensacola, Florida, around 1878. Beginning in 1880 he served as a special agent of the U.S. Fish Commission and U.S. Census Bureau, investigating marine industries in the Gulf of Mexico. He collected fish for the Smithsonian Institution.

Source:

Library of Congress. NACO. Control Number: n 2001058764

Scientific News. (1888). The American Naturalist 22 (260), 758-764. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/2451611

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Stearns, Silas, 1859?-1888

Data Source:

Smithsonian Field Book Project

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:auth_per_fbr_EACP753