Background
Evermann, Barton Warren was born on October 24, 1853 in Monroe County, Iowa, United States. Son of Andrew and Nety (Gardner) Evermann.
Evermann, Barton Warren was born on October 24, 1853 in Monroe County, Iowa, United States. Son of Andrew and Nety (Gardner) Evermann.
Bachelor of Science, Indiana University, 1886, Master of Arts, 1888, Doctor of Philosophy, 1891. Doctor of Laws, University of Utah, 1922, and of Indiana University, 1927.
East. Humphrey). Foreign 10 years teacher and superintendent of schools in Indiana and California. Professor biology, Indiana State Normal School, 1886-1891. Assistant ichthyologist, 1888-1891, ichthyologist, 1891-1914, chief Division Statistics and Methods of Fisheries, 1902-1903, assistant in charge of scientific inquiry, 1903-1910, chief Alaska Fisheries Service, July 1, 1910-1914, United States bureau of Fisheries.
United States fur seal commissioner, 1892.
Special lecturer, Stanford University, 1893-1894 and since 1926. Lecturer on fish and game protection, Cornell, 1900-1903, Yale, 1903-1906.
Chairman fur seal board, 1908-1914. Vice president Board of Education, District of Columbia, 1906-1910.
Director Museum California Academy Sciences, since 1914, and of Steinhart Aquarium, since 1922.
Editor Proceedings Washington Academy Sciences, 1904-1911, California Academy Sciences, since 1914. Chairman commission on zoöl. investigations of State Council of Defense, and member Executive Committee California Research Conference of same, 1917-1919. Member committee Pacific investigation, National Research Council, and chairman Committee on Conservation of Marine Life of the Pacific.
Author: The Fishes of North and Middle America, 4 volumes
(with Doctor David Starr Jordan), 1896, 1900. American Food and Game Fishes, 1902.
The Aquatic Resources of the Hawaiian Islands (with David Starr Jordan). The Alaska Salmon Fisheries.
Fishes of the Philippines, 1906.
The Golden Trout of the Southern High Sierras, 1906. The Fishes of Alaska, 1907. The Fishes of Peru, 1915.
A Review of the Giant Mackerel-like Fishes, Tunnies, Spearfishes, and Swordfishes (with David Starr Jordan).
Etc. Home: Berkeley, California.
Member exec; member committee
Married Meadie Hawkins, October 24, 1875. Children: Toxaway Bronte, Edith (Mistress William