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From: "George L. Holder" <>
Subject: [HOLDER] Joseph Bassett Holder, 1824-
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 10:37:25 -0600


I found this at http://famousamericans.net/josephbassettholder/

This was the only Holder in the list described below but by going to
this site, you can connect to check for other surnames.

Joseph Bassett
Holder  

HOLDER, Joseph Bassett, zoologist, born in Lynn, Massachusetts,
26
October, 1824. He studied at the Friends' school in
Providence,
Rhode Island, and then took a course in the Harvard medical
school.
Subsequently he entered the United States army, and from 1860
till
1867 was surgeon-in-charge at the United States military prison
in
Tortugas, Florida, and then assistant post-surgeon at Fort Monroe,
Virginia. In 1870 he was appointed curator of invertebrate zoology,
icthyology, and herpetology in the American museum of natural
history, New York. He is a member of several scientific societies
and a fellow of the New York academy of sciences. His publications
include" History of the North American Fauna" (New York, 1882);
"History of the Atlantic Right Whales " (1883); and '"The Living
World" (1884). --His son, Charles Frederick, naturalist, born in
Lynn, Massachusetts, 5 August, 1851, was educated at the Friends'
school in Providence, Rhode Island, at Allen's seminary, West
Newton, Massachusetts, and at the United States naval academy in
Annapolis, Maryland From 1870 till 1877 he was assistant in the
American museum of natural history, and subsequently was connected
with the New York aquarium, for which he made several trips to
various parts of the United States for rare specimens. In 1SS0 he
settled in New York city, and thenceforth devoted himself to
lecturing on zoology in schools, and in literary pursuits. He is a
member of scientific societies, and is a fellow of the New York
academy of sciences. Mr. Holder has contributed to magazine
literature, and especially to periodicals for young people. He is
the author of " Elements of Zoology " (New York, 1885); " Marvels of
Animal Life " (1885); " The Ivory King" (1886); " Living Lights "
(1887); and " Wonder Wings " (Boston, 1887).

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