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From page 51... ... Of wider impact on the development of marine science was his recognition of the interdependence of the physics, chemistry, and biology of the sea, as exemplified by his studies of the Gulf of Maine and his part in the creation of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, of which he was the first director. Seventy-five years ago, when Alexander Agassiz visited the Maldive Islands with Henry Bigelow as his assistant, oceanography in America was an interest promoted from time to time through individual initiative and, when in line with their primary duties, by appropriate governmental agencies. Read the entire page →
From page 52... ... Henry Bigelow was married in 1906 to Elizabeth Perkins Shattuck, who survives. They were saddened by the death of two of their children, Henry Bryant Bigelow Jr., in a mountaineering accident in 1931, and Elizabeth Perkins Bigelow, from an embolism while horseback riding in 1934. Read the entire page →
From page 53... ... The die was cast by the opportunity to accompany Alexander Agassiz to the Maldive Islands in 1901-1902 and later to the Henry B Bigelow, Memories of a Long and Active Life (Cambridge: Cosmos Press, 1964) Read the entire page →
From page 54... ... Bureau of Fisheries and the Museum of Comparative Zoology jointly undertook a general oceanographic exploration of the Gulf of Maine which continued under Bigelow's direction through 1924 when the fieldwork was terminated. These explorations resulted in the publication of three superb monographs: on the fishes, the plankton, and the hydrography of the Gulf. Read the entire page →
From page 55... ... . was a monumental job of which any man could be proud even if he had done nothing else in his whole life." Graham considered that Henry Bigelow might be called one of the founders of the new oceanography, that is "oceanography with an ecological aim, so that instead of the mere description of what there was in the sea there should be an explanation of the interconnections based on a full knowl~Henry B Read the entire page →
From page 56... ... The esteem and affection that he won from these colleagues is shown by the records of the meeting of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, which he attended in March 1931, as a representative of the North American Council on Fisheries Investigations and where he reported on the newly founded Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. They state that: "The president . Read the entire page →
From page 57... ... In effect it contained a standing invitation to the representatives of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the North American Council on Fisheries Investigations and he might add to Dr. Bigelow personally, whatever his future might be, to attend all meetings of the Council. Read the entire page →
From page 58... ... The establishment of an oceanographic institution on the east coast of the United States originated in conferences beginning in 1924 between Wickliffe Rose, then president of the General Education Board, and Frank R Lillie, the director of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole. Read the entire page →
From page 59... ... It is in the unpublished sections of this report, however, in which are set forth the principles that should determine the type of organization which would best remedy the then-present handicaps to the development of oceanography, that his genius for striking directly at the heart of any question and his power of exposition are displayed. It is no wonder that this report was received with confidence, or that it led to the establishment of a new institution at Woods Hole and to substantial benefits to oceanography and marine biology through gifts to the Scripps Institution, the University of Washington, and the Bermuda Biological Station. Read the entire page →
From page 60... ... any real understanding of the marvelously complex and equally marvelously regulated cycle of events that takes place within the sea. "The foundation for this conscious alteration in view-point, from the descriptive to the explanatory, was a growing realization . Read the entire page →
From page 61... ... On reaching the statutory age of retirement in 1952 he became an honorary trustee, and in 1960, in recognition of his great services to the institution, was named Founder Chairman of the Board. A chair in oceanography was founded in his name by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1958, to which his former student, C Read the entire page →
From page 62... ... In acknowledging my contribution and referring to the biographical foreword, he wrote "my only criticism of which is that it makes me out a more important personage than I really am." Henry Bigelow's association with Harvard University was not interrupted by the interlude in which he was actively concerned with the Oceanographic Institution. He resided in Woods Hole only during the summers. Read the entire page →
From page 63... ... Among his advanced students were Columbus O'D. Iselin, who succeeded him as director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Edward H Read the entire page →
From page 64... ... , and the Monaco Medal of the Institut Oceanographique, Paris (1950~. He was also the first recipient of the Henry Bryant Bigelow Medal established in his honor by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1960. Read the entire page →
From page 65... ... As such, he is remembered with affection and gratitude by his associates at the Museum of Comparative Zoology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, who knew him as Uncle Henry. #Graham, "Obituary of Henry Bryant Bigelow," p. Read the entire page →
From page 66... ... in Zoology, Harvard Appointed Assistant, Museum of Comparative Zoology Married Elizabeth Perkins Shattuck Canoeing with Mrs. Bigelow in Newfoundland Elected Fellow, Royal Geographical Society, London Member, expedition to \Vest Indies with A Read the entire page →
From page 67... ... Shipping Board 1918 Served as Acting Navigator, U.S. Army Transport, Amphion 1919-1923 Member, National Research Council Committee on Oceanography 1921 Appointed Lecturer, Harvard University 1921-1932 Member, North American Council on Fisheries Investi gations 1925 Appointed Research Curator, Museum of Comparative Zoology Published "Fishes of Gulf of Maine" 1926 1927 1928 1930 1931 1932 1933 1925-1932 Member, National Research Council Committee on Submarine Configuration and Oceanic Configuration Published "Plankton of Gulf of Maine" Published "Physical Oceanography of Gulf of Maine" Appointed Associate Professor of Zoology, Harvard Uni versity Appointed Curator of Oceanography, Museum of Com parative Zoology 1928-1938 Member, Committee on Oceanography of National Academy of Sciences Mountaineering in Canadian Rockies Appointed Director of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Mountaineering in Switzerland, climbed Matterhorn Elected member of National Academy of Sciences Awarded Agassiz Medal of National Academy of Sci ences Appointed Professor of Zoology, Harvard University 1931-1935 Member, National Academy Committee on Long Range Weather Forecasting Elected corresponding member, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia Fishing in Nova Scotia Hunting in Nova Scotia Skiing at Innsbruck Read the entire page →
From page 68... ... 68 lg37 1939 1941 1944 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1952 1953 1955 1956 1958 1960 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS Elected foreign member, Norski Videnskaps Academi Elected honorary member, Marine Biological Associa tion of the United Kingdom Elected member, American Philosophical Society Fishing in southern Florida Resigned as Director of Woods Hole Oceanographic In stitution and elected member and President of Board of Trustees 1939-1963 Became Editor in Chief and contributor to "Fishes of Western North Atlantic" Given Honorary Sc.D., Yale Awarded Bowie Medal of American Geophysical Union Given Honorary Ph.D., Oslo Given Honorary Sc.D., Harvard Awarded Channel Schmidt Medal, Copenhagen Published "Wind Waves at Sea, Breakers and Surf" Published chapters of "Fishes of Western North Atlan tic" on cyclostomes and sharks Awarded Elliot Medal of National Academy of Sciences Appointed Professor of Zoology Emeritus, Harvard University Awarded Monaco Medal of Institut Oceanographique, Paris 1950-1953 Member, Murray Fund Committee of National Acad emy of Sciences Retired as Trustee, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institu tion and elected Honorary Trustee Published chapters "Fishes of Western North Atlantic on sawfishes, guitarfishes, skates, rays and chimeroids Presented festschrift by former students and associates Visited Northern Ontario with family Bigelow Professorship in Oceanography established by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Given Honorary Sc.D., University of Rhode Island Awarded Henry Bryant Bigelow Medal of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Appointed Founder Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Read the entire page →
From page 69... ... Bigelow Publication of "Fishes of Western North Atlantic" completed Skiing in New Hampshire with daughter Mary Died December 11 Last papers on fishes published Read the entire page →
From page 70... ... Zool. = Bulletin of the Museum of (comparative Zoology, Harvard College Bull. Read the entire page →
From page 71... ... 1912 Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Read the entire page →
From page 72... ... Mus., 49:399~04. Exploration of the coast water between Nova Scotia and Chesapeake Bay, July and August, 1913, by the U.S. Read the entire page →
From page 73... ... Zool., 61:163-357. Explorations of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer Bache in the western Atlantic, ianuary-March 1914 under the direction of the United States Bureau of Fisheries. Read the entire page →
From page 74... ... Science, 71:84-89. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Read the entire page →
From page 75... ... 263 pp. 1933 Studies of the waters on the continental shelf, Cape Cod to Chesapeake Bay. Read the entire page →
From page 76... ... Studies of the waters on the continental shelf, Cape Cod to Chesapeake Bay. Read the entire page →
From page 77... ... Schroeder. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Read the entire page →
From page 78... ... Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Read the entire page →
From page 79... ... 553-97. 1964 Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Read the entire page →
From page 80... ... Schroeder. Additional notes on batoid fishes from the Western Atlantic. Read the entire page →

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... Of wider impact on the development of marine science was his recognition of the interdependence of the physics, chemistry, and biology of the sea, as exemplified by his studies of the Gulf of Maine and his part in the creation of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, of which he was the first director. Seventy-five years ago, when Alexander Agassiz visited the Maldive Islands with Henry Bigelow as his assistant, oceanography in America was an interest promoted from time to time through individual initiative and, when in line with their primary duties, by appropriate governmental agencies.

Henry Bryant Bigelow Pages 50-81

Henry Bryant Bigelow
Pages 50-81