Background
Townsend, Charles Haskins was born on September 29, 1859 in Parnassus, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review D. W. and Elizabeth (Kier) Townsend.
Townsend, Charles Haskins was born on September 29, 1859 in Parnassus, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review D. W. and Elizabeth (Kier) Townsend.
Educational public schools. Honorary Doctor of Science, Washington and Jefferson College, 1909.
Assistant United States Fish Commission in salmon propagation in California, 1883. Naturalist United States Ship Corwin, Arctic Expedition, 1885. Resident naturalist, United States Ship Albatross, deep-sea investigations in Atlantic and Pacific, 1886-1896.
Actg. director American Museum Natural History, 1910.
Director investigations United States Ship Albatross, Gulf of California, 1911. Member Bering Sea Fur Seal Commission, 1896.
Chief of fisheries division United States Fish Commission, 1897-1902. Fishery expert, Russo-American arbitration at The Hague, 1902.
Director New York Aquarium, 1902-1937.
Member American Fisheries Society (president 1912-1913). Member of council Oceanographic Institute, Paris, since 1923. Club: Century.
