Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman), 1887-1984

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Dr. Samuel Stillman Berry was a U.S. marine zoologist who specialized in cephalopods. He received a B.S. (1909) from Stanford and his M.S. (1910) from Harvard. He then returned to Stanford for his Ph.D. work on cephalopods and got his doctorate in 1913. From 1913 until 1918, he worked as a librarian and research assistant at the Scripps Institution for Biological Research in La Jolla, California. He became a renowned malacologist, publishing 209 articles and establishing 401 mollusc taxa. Most of his work dealt with chitons, cephalopods, and also land snails. Berry also had an interest in horticulture, where he concentrated on the hybridization of irises and daffodils. For some time, from the 1920s until the late 1940s, he ran a horticultural business from Winnecook Ranch in Montana, which he had taken over after the death of his father in 1911. In 1917 he became the president of the Winnecook Ranch Company, a post he occupied until his death in 1984.

From the description of The Great Auk collection, circa 1805-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754865900

Zoologist. Stillman Berry specialized in marine fauna and horticulture and built a notable private library. He received his a.b. (1909) and Ph.D. (1913) from Stanford University.

From the description of An oral history of Samuel Stillman Berry, interview by Dr. Donald R. Shasky : transcript (photocopy), 1980-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122448845

Marine biologist specializing in cephalopods.

From the description of Samuel Stillman Berry interview : ms., 1980 May 4. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26561339

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referencedIn Poor, Henry Varnum, 1887-1970. Henry Varnum Poor scrapbook, 1905-1911. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Williams, Milo Woodbridge, 1917-. Papers, 1914-1992, bulk 1937-1955. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
creatorOf Berry, Samuel Stillman, b. 1887,. The Great Auk collection, circa 1805-1940. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Berry, S. Stillman, 1887-1984. An oral history of Samuel Stillman Berry, interview by Dr. Donald R. Shasky : transcript (photocopy), 1980-1982. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Winnecook Ranch Company Records, 1882-1999 MSU-Bozeman Library, Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
referencedIn Henry Varnum Poor scrapbook, 1905-1911 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman), 1887-1984. Samuel Stillman Berry interview : ms., 1980 May 4. UC Berkeley Libraries
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associatedWith Carter, G. N. person
associatedWith Dale, Darley. person
associatedWith Keen, Myra. person
associatedWith Lucas, Frederic A. person
associatedWith Massey, Herbert. person
associatedWith Mullens, W. H. (William Herbert), b. 1866. person
associatedWith Oyama, Katuro. person
associatedWith Parkin, Thomas, b. 1845. person
associatedWith Poor, Henry Varnum, 1887-1970. person
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associatedWith Scripps Institute of Oceanography Library. corporateBody
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United States
Subject
Birds
Extinct birds
Great auk
Marine biologists
Mollusks
Shells
Occupation
Collector
Zoologists
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Birth 1887-03-16

Death 1984

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