Henry B. Bigelow* (1879-10-03 - 1967-12-11) person

Oceanographer. MCZ Curator, Professor; 1905-1962; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute founding director. Accompanied Alexander Agassiz on expedition to the Maldives.

Names for this agent

  • Dr. Henry Bryant Bigelow
  • Henry B. Bigelow (preferred)
  • H. B. Bigelow (second author)
  • Bigelow, H. B. (author)

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Collecting Event Map

  • Asteroidea: Luidiidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Aves: Alaudidae (1 record) in year 1896
  • Aves: Alcidae (2 records) in years 1897-1900
  • Aves: Anatidae (9 records) in years 1896-1930
  • Aves: Apodidae (1 record) in year 1897
  • Aves: Ardeidae (3 records) in years 1902-1905
  • Aves: Charadriidae (13 records) in years 1882-1902
  • Aves: Columbidae (1 record) in year 1896
  • Aves: Corvidae (1 record) in year 1869
  • Aves: Dromadidae (2 records) in year 1902
  • Aves: Emberizidae (11 records) in years 1894-1903
  • Aves: Falconidae (2 records) in year 1896
  • Aves: Fringillidae (8 records) in years 1895-1896
  • Aves: Hirundinidae (3 records) in year 1895
  • Aves: Hydrobatidae (1 record) in year 1908
  • Aves: Icteridae (2 records) in year 1896
  • Aves: Laniidae (1 record) in year 1896
  • Aves: Laridae (5 records) in years 1897-1905
  • Aves: Meropidae (2 records) in year 1902
  • Aves: Muscicapidae (2 records) in years 1899-1900
  • Aves: Parulidae (3 records) in years 1895-1915
  • Aves: Phalaropodidae (1 record) in year 1900
  • Aves: Phasianidae (1 record) in year 1901
  • Aves: Picidae (3 records) in years 1895-1896
  • Aves: Procellariidae (1 record) in year 1908
  • Aves: Rostratulidae (1 record) in year 1902
  • Aves: Scolopacidae (28 records) in years 1895-1905
  • Aves: Sittidae (3 records) in year 1895
  • Aves: Stercorariidae (1 record) in year 1897
  • Aves: Strigidae (2 records) in years 1896-1897
  • Aves: Tinamidae (2 records) in years 1904-1905
  • Aves: Tyrannidae (2 records) in year 1895
  • Aves: Tytonidae (1 record) in year 1899
  • Bivalvia: Astartidae (1 record) in year 1913
  • Bivalvia: Pectinidae (1 record) in year 1913
  • Cephalopoda: Bathypolypodidae (1 record) in year 1912
  • Cephalopoda: Chiroteuthidae (1 record) in year 1929
  • Cephalopoda: Cranchiidae (3 records) in years 1928-1932
  • Cephalopoda: Loliginidae (12 records) in year 1913
  • Cephalopoda: Mastigoteuthidae (3 records) in years 1928-1931
  • Cephalopoda: Octopoteuthidae (1 record) in year 1928
  • Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae (6 records) in years 1912-1913
  • Cephalopoda: [no family] (1 record) in year 1912
  • Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Atlantidae (1 record) in year 1913
  • Gastropoda: Cavoliniidae (1 record) in year 1913
  • Gastropoda: Clionidae (14 records) in years 1912-1913
  • Gastropoda: Creseidae (13 records) in year 1913
  • Gastropoda: Cymbuliidae (4 records) in year 1913
  • Gastropoda: Helicidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Limacinidae (17 records) in years 1912-1913
  • Gastropoda: Muricidae (6 records) in year 1913
  • Gastropoda: Pleurobranchidae (3 records) in year 1913
  • Gastropoda: Pterotracheidae (1 record) in year 1913
  • Gastropoda: Scaphandridae (1 record) in year 1912
  • Gastropoda: [no family] (3 records) in years 1909-1912
  • Gymnolaemata: Bugulidae (1 record) in year 1903
  • Gymnolaemata: Candidae (1 record) in year 1912
  • Holothuroidea: Phyllophoridae (1 record) in year 1910
  • Hydrozoa: Aequoreidae (3 records) in years 1903-1925
  • Hydrozoa: Bougainvilliidae (1 record) in year 1906
  • Hydrozoa: Campanulariidae (3 records) in years 1906-1909
  • Hydrozoa: Clavidae (3 records) in years 1906-1909
  • Hydrozoa: Corymorphidae (1 record) in year 1910
  • Hydrozoa: Melicertidae (6 records) in years 1908-1910
  • Hydrozoa: Pandeidae (4 records) in years 1908-1910
  • Hydrozoa: Rathkeidae (1 record) in year 1908
  • Hydrozoa: Rhopalonematidae (1 record) in year 1908
  • Hydrozoa: Tubulariidae (1 record) in year 1910
  • Malacostraca: Cancridae (1 record) in year 1910
  • Malacostraca: Majidae (1 record) in year 1905
  • Mammalia: Bovidae (1 record) in year 1903
  • Mammalia: Canidae (1 record) in year 1913
  • Mammalia: Cervidae (5 records) in years 1908-1911
  • Mammalia: Cricetidae (6 records) in years 1900-1908
  • Mammalia: Erethizontidae (1 record) in year 1907
  • Mammalia: Geomyidae (1 record) in year 1908
  • Mammalia: Mephitidae (2 records) in year 1908
  • Mammalia: Mustelidae (2 records) in year 1907
  • Mammalia: Potamogalidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Pteropodidae (2 records) in year 1901
  • Mammalia: Sciuridae (4 records) in years 1908-1920
  • Mammalia: Soricidae (3 records) in years 1902-1908
  • Mammalia: Suidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Vespertilionidae (1 record) in year 1913
  • Nuda: Beroidae (4 records) in year 1910
  • Osteichthyes: Anguillidae (1 record) in year 1928
  • Osteichthyes: Atherinopsidae (2 records) in year 1913
  • Osteichthyes: Pholidae (1 record) in year 1909
  • Osteichthyes: Syngnathidae (2 records) in year 1909
  • Polychaeta: Polynoidae (1 record) in year 1909
  • Pycnogonida: Ammotheidae (1 record) in year 1910
  • Pycnogonida: Callipallenidae (1 record) in year 1910
  • Pycnogonida: Nymphonidae (1 record) in year 1910
  • Pycnogonida: Pycnogonidae (1 record) in year 1910
  • Reptilia: Gekkonidae (1 record) in year 1902
  • Scyphozoa: Cyaneidae (1 record) in year 1912
  • Scyphozoa: Drymonematidae (1 record) in year 1902
  • Scyphozoa: Lucernariidae (2 records) in year 1910
  • Tentaculata: Pleurobrachiidae (10 records) in years 1910-1915
  • Thaliacea: Salpidae (4 records) in year 1914
  • : [no family] (7 records) in years 1909-1918

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