In 1936 he became director of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, a position which he would hold until 1958. In 1939, he became the vice president of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, and in 1940 he published The Rattlesnakes, genera Sistrurus and Crotalus. He organized numerous expeditions to Arizona to collect specimens for the Chicago Academy of Sciences. From 1940 until 1947, he was a consultant to the State Natural History Survey of Illinois. In 1942, he attained his doctorate at Ottawa University. In 1958 he moved to Arizona to become a lecturer and research associate in the zoology department of the University of Arizona, in Tucson. In 1974 he retired to become an emeritus professor at the University of Arizona.
^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gloyd, p. 102; Howard Gloyd, p. 126).
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howard, gloyd, howard, gloyd, february, 1902, august, 1978, american, herpetologist, credited, with, describing, several, species, subspecies, reptiles, such, florida, cottonmouth, agkistrodon, piscivorus, conanti, honored, having, named, after, following, tax. Howard Kay Gloyd February 12 1902 August 7 1978 was an American herpetologist who is credited with describing several new species and subspecies of reptiles such as the Florida cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti He is honored by having named after him the following taxa a genus of Asian pit vipers Gloydius three species of nonvenomous snakes Pantherophis gloydi eastern fox snake Agkistrodon howardgloydi Heterodon nasicus gloydi dusty hognose snake and a subspecies of Central American pit viper Crotalus intermedius gloydi 1 Born in De Soto Kansas Gloyd attended Kansas State University for a year and then attained his bachelor of science from Ottawa University in 1924 He taught biology at Ottawa University until 1927 when he went to teach zoology at the Agricultural College of Kansas State University In 1928 he wrote The Amphibians and Reptiles of Franklin County Kansas In 1929 he attained his master s degree at Kansas State College and went to Michigan to become a professor of zoology at the University of Michigan In 1936 he became director of the Chicago Academy of Sciences a position which he would hold until 1958 In 1939 he became the vice president of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and in 1940 he published The Rattlesnakes genera Sistrurus and Crotalus He organized numerous expeditions to Arizona to collect specimens for the Chicago Academy of Sciences From 1940 until 1947 he was a consultant to the State Natural History Survey of Illinois In 1942 he attained his doctorate at Ottawa University In 1958 he moved to Arizona to become a lecturer and research associate in the zoology department of the University of Arizona in Tucson In 1974 he retired to become an emeritus professor at the University of Arizona The Kansas Herpetological Society grants an annual scholarship named for Howard K Gloyd and Edward Harrison Taylor References edit Beolens Bo Watkins Michael Grayson Michael 2011 The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press xiii 296 pp ISBN 978 1 4214 0135 5 Gloyd p 102 Howard Gloyd p 126 External links editBeltz Ellin 2006 Biographies of People Honored in the Herpetological Nomenclature of North America Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Howard K Gloyd amp oldid 1168689967, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
