Background
Breder, Charles Marcus was born on June 25, 1897 in Jersey City. Son of Charles Marcus and Albertine Louise (Agthe) Breder.
Breder, Charles Marcus was born on June 25, 1897 in Jersey City. Son of Charles Marcus and Albertine Louise (Agthe) Breder.
Honorary Doctor of Science, Newark U.
With United States Bureau Fisheries, 1919-1921. Aquarist New York Aquarium, 1921-1925, research associate, 1925-1933, assistant director, 1933-1937, acting director, 1937-1940, director, 1940-1943, research associate, 1944-1983. Curator, department chairman fishes and aquatic biology American Museum Natural History, 1944-1960, department ichthyology, 1960-1965, curator emeritus, 1965-1983.
Participant numerous science expeditions including Marsh Darien (Panama), 1924, Mexican Cave expedition, 1940, Florida tarpon laboratory, 1938-1942, Ecuador for Office of Scientific Research and Development, 1942, National Research Council Commission utilization marine shore resources, 1943.
Lerner Marine Laboratory, Bimini, Bahamas, 1947-1957. Research associate American Museum National History, 1926-1943, Bingham Oceanographic Foundation, Yale, 1933-1957.
Visiting professor New York University, 1941-1952.
Member of advisory board Mote Marine Laboratory, 1958-1966, board directors, research associate, 1967-1975. Fellow New York Zoological Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Science (A. Cressy Morrison prize 1925). Member American Fisheries Society, American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (president 1932, governor since 1932), American Society Zoologists, Chicago Academy Sciences (honorary life).
Married Ruth B. Demarest, November 18, 1918. Married second, Ethel Lear Snyder, April. Married 3d, Priscilla Rasquin, January 3, 1967.
Children: Charles Marcus III, Richard Frederick.