Background
Barbour, Thomas was born on August 19, 1884 in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Julia Adelaide (Sprague) Barbour.
Barbour, Thomas was born on August 19, 1884 in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Julia Adelaide (Sprague) Barbour.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1906, A.M., 1908, Doctor of Philosophy., 1910, honorary Doctor of Science, 1940. Doctor of Science, Havana University, 1930, Dartmouth, 1935. Doctor of Science, University of Florida, 1944.
Made zoöl. explorations in East and West Indies, India, Burma, China, Japan, South and Central America, for Museum Comparative Zoölogy, Cambridge. Student especially of geografic distribution of reptiles and amphibians. Now director of Harvard University Museum and Museum Comparative Zoölogy.
Professor of zoölogy. Member of faculty, Peabody Museum, Harvard. Custodian Harvard Biological Station and Botanical Garden, Soledad, Cuba, since 1927.
Executive officier in charge of Barro Colorado Island Laboratory, Gatun Lake, Panama, 1923-1945. Delaware Harvard University to 1st Pan-American Scientific Congress, Santiago, Chile, December 1907-January 1908. Delegate at founding National University of Mexico, City of Mexico, 1910.
Author scientific papers in relation to reptiles and fishes, their systematic classification and geografic distribution.
Member of faculty, Peabody Museum, Harvard. Fellow Royal Geography Society (London), Royal Asiatic Society (Straits branch), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy Science, New York Zoöl. Society; member Hispanic Society America.
Member American Society Zoölogists, American Philosophical Society, Massachusetts History Society, American Antiquarian Society, Washington Academy Science (vice president), Academy Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi fraternities. Member Nederlandesche Dierkundige Verelinigung, Amsterdam. Member Zoöl. Secretary Philadelphia.
Clubs: Somerset, Harvard, Tavern (Boston).
Married Rosamond Pierce, October 1, 1906. Children: Martha Higginson (deceased), Mary Bigelow, William (deceased), Julia Adelaide, Louisa Bowditch, Rosamond (deceased).