Background
Pilsbry, Henry Augustus was born on December 7, 1862 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Son of Dexter Robert and Elizabeth (Anderson) Pilsbry.
Pilsbry, Henry Augustus was born on December 7, 1862 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Son of Dexter Robert and Elizabeth (Anderson) Pilsbry.
Student State University Iowa, Doctor of Science (honorary), 1899. Doctor of Science, University Pennsylvania 1940, Temple University, 1941.
Curator of molluske and other invertebrates Academy Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1888-1957. Author: The Manual of Conchology, 31 volumes 1888-1831; Marine Mollusks of Japan, 1895.
Guide to the Study of Helices.
Barnacles of the United States, 1916. Mollusks of the Belgian Congo, 1927.
Land Mollusca of North America, 2 volumes 1939-1947; other books and articles on conchology, paleontology, zoology.
His science contributions public by American Malacological Union, lists 986 titles, 1882-1839, The Nautilus, lists 154 titles, 1940-1957.
Public and editor The Nautilus, 1889-1957.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences (Boston). Member Malacological Society London, American Society Naturalists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Conchological Society (1st president 1907), American Malacological Union (1st president 1931), Philadelphia Shell. Member Academia De Ciencias de Madrid, Zoological Society London.
Member Conchological Society Great Britain and Irland, Birmingham Natural History and Philosophical Society, Societe Royale zoologique de Belgique, Senckenbergische naturforschende Gesellschaft, California Academy Sciences, Sociedad de historia natural Felipe Poey, Sociedad Malacológica Carlos de la Torre, Sociedad Geológica del Peru.
Married Adeline Bullock Avery, 1890 (died 1924). Children: Elizabeth, Grace P. Barcroft.