William Stimpson* (1832-02-14 - 1872-05-26) person

Member of Boston Society of Natural History; studied under Louis Agassiz. Participated in United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. Curator at Chicago Academy of Sciences from 1865 until its destruction in the Chicago Fire of 1871 (along with much of Stimpson's work and collection).

Names for this agent

  • William Stimpson
  • William Stimpson (preferred)
  • Prof. Stimpson (aka)
  • Wm. Stimpson (aka)
  • Stimpson, W. (author)
  • W. Stimpson (second author)

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Range of years collected is greater than 80 (1804-1973)

Collecting Event Map

  • Amphibia: Bufonidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Amphibia: Ranidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Amphibia: Salamandridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Amphibia: [no family] (1 record) none known to year
  • Anthozoa: Agariciidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Anthozoa: Alcyoniidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Anthozoa: Anthogorgiidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Anthozoa: Anthothelidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Anthozoa: Caryophylliidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Anthozoa: Ellisellidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Anthozoa: Funiculinidae (2 records) in year 1862
  • Anthozoa: Gorgoniidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Anthozoa: Isididae (1 record) in year 1872
  • Anthozoa: Melithaeidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Anthozoa: Merulinidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Anthozoa: Nephtheidae (1 record) in year 1855
  • Anthozoa: Oculinidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Anthozoa: Paramuriceidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Anthozoa: Pennatulidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Anthozoa: Plexauridae (1 record) in year 1853
  • Anthozoa: Pocilloporidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Anthozoa: Primnoidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Anthozoa: Renillidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Anthozoa: Veretillidae (1 record) in year 1855
  • Anthozoa: [no family] (3 records) none known to year
  • Ascidiacea: Ascidiidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Ascidiacea: Corellidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Asteroidea: Asteriidae (6 records) none known to year
  • Asteroidea: Astropectinidae (5 records) in year 1872
  • Asteroidea: Echinasteridae (5 records) none known to year
  • Asteroidea: Goniasteridae (1 record) in year 1851
  • Asteroidea: Solasteridae (4 records) none known to year
  • Aves: Gruidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Aves: Laniidae (1 record) in year 1853
  • Bivalvia: Anatinellidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Anomiidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Arcidae (10 records) in year 1864
  • Bivalvia: Arcticidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Astartidae (10 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Cardiidae (25 records) in years 1872-1972
  • Bivalvia: Carditidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Chamidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Corbiculidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Corbulidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Crassatellidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Cultellidae (4 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Donacidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Dreissenidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Glycymerididae (3 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Hiatellidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Lasaeidae (1 record) in year 1898
  • Bivalvia: Limidae (5 records) in year 1942
  • Bivalvia: Lucinidae (11 records) in year 1872
  • Bivalvia: Lyonsiidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Mactridae (18 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Mesodesmatidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Myidae (6 records) in year 1864
  • Bivalvia: Mytilidae (20 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Noetiidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Nuculanidae (5 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Nuculidae (9 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Ostreidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Pandoridae (2 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Pectinidae (8 records) in year 1872
  • Bivalvia: Periplomatidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Petricolidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Pharidae (4 records) in year 1863
  • Bivalvia: Pholadidae (10 records) in year 1863
  • Bivalvia: Pisidiidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Plicatulidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Psammobiidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Pteriidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Sanguinolariidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Semelidae (14 records) in year 1872
  • Bivalvia: Solecurtidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Solemyidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Solenidae (4 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Tellinidae (13 records) in year 1872
  • Bivalvia: Thraciidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Thyasiridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Trapezidae (1 record) in year 1872
  • Bivalvia: Ungulinidae (3 records) in year 1872
  • Bivalvia: Unionidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Veneridae (27 records) in year 1872
  • Bivalvia: Verticordiidae (2 records) in year 1872
  • Bivalvia: Yoldiidae (4 records) none known to year
  • Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Chilopoda: Lithobiidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Chondrichthyes: Rajidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae (1 record) in year 1864
  • Chondrichthyes: Triakidae (1 record) in year 1864
  • Cirripedia: [no family] (4 records) in year 1872
  • Crinoidea: Antedonidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Crinoidea: Comasteridae (1 record) in year 1872
  • Demospongiae: Ancorinidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Demospongiae: Siphonidiidae (1 record) in year 1872
  • Demospongiae: Suberitidae (1 record) in year 1872
  • Demospongiae: Tetillidae (4 records) in year 1872
  • Demospongiae: Thorectidae (2 records) in year 1872
  • Demospongiae: [no family] (1 record) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Arbaciidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Astriclypeidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Brissidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Cidaridae (2 records) in year 1868
  • Echinoidea: Diadematidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Echinarachniidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Echinidae (2 records) in year 1862
  • Echinoidea: Echinocyamidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Echinometridae (3 records) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Glyptocidaridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Laganidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Maretiidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Mellitidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Neolampadidae (1 record) in year 1872
  • Echinoidea: Parechinidae (3 records) in year 1862
  • Echinoidea: Prenasteridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Scutellidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Strongylocentrotidae (6 records) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Temnopleuridae (3 records) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Toxopneustidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Trigonocidaridae (3 records) in years 1868-1869
  • Gastropoda: Aeolidiidae (1 record) in year 1863
  • Gastropoda: Amathinidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Aporrhaidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Assimineidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Buccinidae (8 records) in years 1851-1864
  • Gastropoda: Bullidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae (6 records) in year 1872
  • Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae (7 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Cancellariidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Capulidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Cerithiidae (7 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Colloniidae (4 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Columbellidae (11 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Conidae (6 records) in year 1872
  • Gastropoda: Cylichnidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Cypraeidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Dendronotidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Dorididae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Ellobiidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Epitoniidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae (9 records) in year 1872
  • Gastropoda: Fissurellidae (12 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Goniodorididae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Helicidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Helminthoglyptidae (1 record) in year 1915
  • Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Janthinidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Lacunidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Lamellariidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Laonidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Limacidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Littorinidae (9 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Lottiidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Marginellidae (6 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Mathildidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Melongenidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Muricidae (30 records) in years 1804-1972
  • Gastropoda: Nassariidae (10 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Naticidae (9 records) in year 1872
  • Gastropoda: Olividae (3 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Onchidorididae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Phasianellidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Phenacolepadidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Polygyridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Ranellidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Ringiculidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Rissoidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Siliquariidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Spiraxidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Stomatellidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Strombidae (1 record) in year 1973
  • Gastropoda: Succineidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Tegulidae (5 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Terebridae (3 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Thiaridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Tonnidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Triphoridae (2 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Tritoniidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Trochidae (10 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Trochoidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Turbinidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Turridae (2 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Turritellidae (11 records) in year 1972
  • Gastropoda: Velutinidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Volutidae (4 records) in year 1872
  • Gastropoda: [no family] (2 records) none known to year
  • Gymnolaemata: Bugulidae (1 record) in year 1864
  • Gymnolaemata: Colatooeciidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gymnolaemata: Electridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gymnolaemata: Tessaradomidae (1 record) in year 1872
  • Gymnolaemata: Vesiculariidae (3 records) in year 1864
  • Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Hirudinea: Piscicolidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Holothuroidea: Chiridotidae (1 record) in year 1858
  • Holothuroidea: Cucumariidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Holothuroidea: Holothuriidae (2 records) in year 1872
  • Holothuroidea: Phyllophoridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Holothuroidea: Sclerodactylidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Holothuroidea: Synaptidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Hydrozoa: Campanulariidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Hydrozoa: Halecidae (2 records) in year 1852
  • Hydrozoa: Sertulariidae (2 records) in years 1852-1872
  • Hydrozoa: [no family] (1 record) in year 1852
  • Leptocardii: Branchiostomatidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Alpheidae (9 records) in year 1872
  • Malacostraca: Ampeliscidae (1 record) in year 1862
  • Malacostraca: Ampithoidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Axiidae (1 record) in year 1872
  • Malacostraca: Calappidae (6 records) in years 1871-1872
  • Malacostraca: Callianassidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Cambaridae (1 record) in year 1872
  • Malacostraca: Cancridae (5 records) in years 1851-1862
  • Malacostraca: Chirostylidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Cirolanidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Coenobitidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Corophiidae (1 record) in year 1862
  • Malacostraca: Crangonidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Cyclodorippidae (12 records) in year 1872
  • Malacostraca: Cymopoliidae (8 records) in year 1872
  • Malacostraca: Diogenidae (11 records) in years 1860-1872
  • Malacostraca: Dorippidae (3 records) in year 1872
  • Malacostraca: Dromiidae (8 records) in year 1872
  • Malacostraca: Euphausiidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Galatheidae (9 records) in year 1872
  • Malacostraca: Gammaridae (3 records) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Goneplacidae (4 records) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Gonodactylidae (9 records) in year 1872
  • Malacostraca: Grapsidae (4 records) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Hippolytidae (13 records) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Hyalidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Idoteidae (1 record) in year 1862
  • Malacostraca: Leucosiidae (14 records) in years 1862-1872
  • Malacostraca: Liljeborgiidae (1 record) in year 1862
  • Malacostraca: Lithodidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Majidae (64 records) in years 1862-1872
  • Malacostraca: Munididae (5 records) in year 1872
  • Malacostraca: Nephropidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Ocypodidae (4 records) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Oniscidae (1 record) in year 1862
  • Malacostraca: Paguridae (20 records) in years 1852-1877
  • Malacostraca: Palaemonidae (4 records) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Parthenopidae (12 records) in year 1872
  • Malacostraca: Penaeidae (1 record) in year 1872
  • Malacostraca: Pinnotheridae (2 records) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Porcellanidae (12 records) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Portunidae (20 records) in years 1862-1872
  • Malacostraca: Pseudorhombilidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Raninidae (2 records) in year 1872
  • Malacostraca: Scyllaridae (1 record) in year 1874
  • Malacostraca: Sicyoniidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Squillidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Talitridae (3 records) in years 1862-1864
  • Malacostraca: Thoridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Upogebiidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Xanthidae (32 records) in years 1862-1872
  • Malacostraca: [no family] (29 records) in years 1864-1872
  • Maxillopoda: [no family] (1 record) none known to year
  • Oligochaeta: [no family] (1 record) none known to year
  • Ophiuroidea: Amphiuridae (5 records) in year 1872
  • Ophiuroidea: Ophiacanthidae (2 records) in year 1872
  • Ophiuroidea: Ophiactidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Ophiuroidea: Ophiodermatidae (1 record) in year 1872
  • Ophiuroidea: Ophiolepididae (5 records) in year 1872
  • Ophiuroidea: Ophiomyxidae (3 records) in year 1872
  • Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae (7 records) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Agonidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Ammodytidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Anguillidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Atherinopsidae (3 records) in years 1861-1864
  • Osteichthyes: Blenniidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Callionymidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Catostomidae (1 record) in year 1864
  • Osteichthyes: Centrarchidae (1 record) in year 1864
  • Osteichthyes: Clinidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Clupeidae (4 records) in year 1864
  • Osteichthyes: Congridae (2 records) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Cottidae (5 records) in year 1861
  • Osteichthyes: Cyclopteridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Cyprinidae (3 records) in year 1864
  • Osteichthyes: Cyprinodontidae (2 records) in year 1864
  • Osteichthyes: Engraulidae (4 records) in year 1864
  • Osteichthyes: Esocidae (1 record) in year 1864
  • Osteichthyes: Fundulidae (5 records) in years 1861-1864
  • Osteichthyes: Gadidae (4 records) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Gasterosteidae (5 records) in years 1861-1864
  • Osteichthyes: Gerreidae (1 record) in year 1864
  • Osteichthyes: Gobiidae (5 records) in year 1864
  • Osteichthyes: Labridae (4 records) in year 1864
  • Osteichthyes: Lotidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Moronidae (1 record) in year 1864
  • Osteichthyes: Mugilidae (1 record) in year 1864
  • Osteichthyes: Ostraciidae (1 record) in year 1864
  • Osteichthyes: Paralichthyidae (4 records) in year 1864
  • Osteichthyes: Pholidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Pleuronectidae (4 records) in year 1864
  • Osteichthyes: Pomatomidae (1 record) in year 1864
  • Osteichthyes: Sciaenidae (8 records) in year 1864
  • Osteichthyes: Serranidae (1 record) in year 1864
  • Osteichthyes: Sparidae (2 records) in year 1864
  • Osteichthyes: Stichaeidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Syngnathidae (5 records) in year 1864
  • Osteichthyes: Tetraodontidae (1 record) in year 1864
  • Osteichthyes: Trachinidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Triglidae (5 records) in year 1864
  • Osteichthys: Batrachoididae (3 records) in years 1864-1872
  • Polychaeta: Ampharetidae (1 record) in year 1872
  • Polychaeta: Aphroditidae (3 records) in year 1872
  • Polychaeta: Arenicolidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Polychaeta: Eunicidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Polychaeta: Euphrosinidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Polychaeta: Glyceridae (3 records) in year 1864
  • Polychaeta: Nephtyidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Polychaeta: Nereididae (2 records) in year 1851
  • Polychaeta: Onuphidae (1 record) in year 1872
  • Polychaeta: Opheliidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Polychaeta: Phyllodocidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Polychaeta: Polynoidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Polychaeta: Sabellariidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Polychaeta: Sabellidae (4 records) none known to year
  • Polychaeta: Serpulidae (2 records) in year 1864
  • Polychaeta: Sigalionidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Polychaeta: Spirorbidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Polychaeta: Terebellidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Polychaeta: [no family] (1 record) none known to year
  • Polyplacophora: Acanthochitonidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Polyplacophora: Chaetopleuridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Polyplacophora: Ischnochitonidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Polyplacophora: Leptochitonidae (1 record) in year 1872
  • Polyplacophora: Tonicellidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Polyplacophora: [no family] (2 records) none known to year
  • Pycnogonida: Ammotheidae (1 record) in year 1872
  • Pycnogonida: Phoxichilidiidae (2 records) in year 1872
  • Pycnogonida: Pycnogonidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Rhynchonellata: Cancellothyrididae (4 records) none known to year
  • Scaphopoda: Dentaliidae (4 records) none known to year
  • : Gobiesocidae (2 records) none known to year
  • : [no family] (99 records) in years 1861-1872

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