Seale, Alvin, 1871-1967

Biographical Note

ALVIN SEALE, 1871-19 67

A. B. Stanford: '96

Icthyologist, curator of fishes, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, 1901-4; assistant Smithsonian Institute and U.S. Bureau Fisheries, 1905; chief, Division of Fisheries; associate icthyologist, museum comparative zoology, Harward; Superintendent Steinhart Aquarium, Calif. Academy of Sciences, 1923-41, Emeritus Supt. since 1941. Participated in various expeditions to such places as Alaska, the South Pacific, New Zealand and Australia, Samoa, and the Far East. Author of Systematic Icthyology, Icthyology of the Pacific Islands, and Aquarium Building and Management.

From the guide to the Alvin Seale Diaries, 1901-1940, (Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.)