Henry Augustus Pilsbry
Henry Augustus Pilsbry | |
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Henry Augustus Pilsbry | |
| Born | December 7, 1862 |
| Died | October 26, 1957 (aged 94) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Iowa |
| Awards | Leidy Award (1928) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | malacology |
| Institutions | Academy of Natural Sciences |
| Academic advisors | George Washington Tryon |
Henry Augustus Pilsbry (7 December 1862 – 26 October 1957) was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century. For much of his career, his authority with respect to the classification of certain substantial groups of organisms was unchallenged: barnacles, chitons, North American terrestrial mollusks, and others.