Barton Warren Evermann
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Barton Warren Evermann (October 24, 1853–September 27, 1932) was an American ichthyologist. He was born in Monroe County, Iowa, and graduated from Indiana University in 1886. For 10 years, he served as teacher and superintendent of schools in Indiana and California. He was professor of biology at the Indiana State Normal School in 1886-91. In 1888 he entered the service of the United States Bureau of Fisheries (originally the United States Fish Commission), became ichthyologist in 1891, had charge of the division of scientific inquiry in 1903-11, and from 1910 to 1914 was chief of the Alaska Fisheries Service. He lectured at Stanford University in 1893-94, at Cornell in 1900-03, and at Yale in 1903-06. he was United States fur-seal commissioner in 1892 and became chairman of the fur-seal board in 1908. In collaboration with D. S. Jordan contributed to Food and Game Fishes of North America (1902). His publications include bulletins and reports of the United States Fish Commission and contributions to the proceedings of various societies. He died in Berkeley, California.
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