Frederic Augustus Lucas

Frederic Augustus Lucas ( born March 25, 1852 in Plymouth, Massachusetts; † February 9, 1929 in Flushing, New York City ) was an American biologist and director of the museum.

Frederic Lucas was 1871-1882 Assistant at Ward 's Natural Science Establishment and later worked for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. From 1893 to 1904 he was curator there. From 1904 to 1911 he was the lead curator of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Later he worked as director of the American Museum of Natural History, New York City.

Frederic Lucas published a series of studies on the anatomy of birds, as well as museum methods. Among his more popular works include works such as The Animals of the Past in 1901 and Animals before man in North America. While shark attacks on the coast of New Jersey ( 1916) he played a major role in the identification of shark species that were on the incidents debt.