Ned Hollister

Ned Hollister (* November 26, 1876 in Delavan, Wisconsin, † November 3, 1924 ) was an American zoologist. From 1916 to 1924 he was superintendent of the Smithsonian National Zoological Park.

Life and work

Ned Hollister was born on November 26, 1876 in Delavan (Wisconsin ). He was the youngest of four children and had two brothers and a sister. His father was a businessman, and led a general store. Hollister attended the public schools in Delavan. He did not make his high school graduation, because he participated in the days of the test on an excursion. He also attended no college.

After his education he met Ludwig Kumlien, who was a professor at Milton College. With him, he worked on The Birds of Wisconsin, published in 1903. In the work it says that it contains 35 years of research by Kumlien and 15 years of research by Hollister. However, this would mean that Hollister began his studies at the age of 12 years. A note on the this might be true is that Hollister in 1882 at the age of 16 years, three publications, one in The Oologist and two in The Taxidermist published.

In 1901, Hollister took a trip to the Smithsonian Institution at the National Museum to visit. There he met Vernon Orlando Bailey for whom he worked for a year. In 1902 he returned to Delavan and could buy Kumliens collection of 1,500 stuffed animals. Wilfred Hudson Osgood presented Hollister in 1903 on an expedition to Alaska. On San Juan Iceland, the two subspecies of deer mouse discover ( Peromyscus maniculatus hollisteri ), the named Osgood to Hollister. Then he returned to Delavan and worked in the grocery business of his father. Nevertheless, he always enlarged its collection of animals that are already included 3,625 mammals and 1,509 birds in 1909.

On April 15, 1908 married Mabel Hollister Primmer and both moved to Washington, where he in 1909 took a job as Assistant Curator of Mammals at the United States National Museum. In 1911 he undertook an expedition to Jasper National Park and Mount Robson and a year later in 1912 he visited the Altai Mountains in Siberia.

In 1916, Hollister was superintendent of the Smithsonian National Zoological Park, a post he retained until his death. He investigated further and still is working on the three volumes of East African Mammals in the United States National Museum, which appeared in 1918, 1919 and 1923.

In his life Hollister collected in the whole 26 type specimens of previously unknown species of mammals and could erstbeschreiben 162 new species.

Hollister was co-editor of the Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. In 1921 he became president of the Biological Society of Washington. He was a founding member of the American Society of Mammalogists.

Ned Hollister died on November 3, 1924 at the age of 47 years. He left no children.

Works (selection)

The most important works of Hollister are:

• The Birds of Wisconsin ( 1903)
• A Systematic Synopsis of Muskrats (1911 )
• Mammals of the Philippine Islands ( 1912)
• Mammals of the Alpine Club expedition to Mount Robson (1913 )
• Philippine Land Mammals in the U.S. National Museum ( 1913)
• Mammals Collected by the Smithsonian - Harvard expedition to the Altai Mountains (1913 )
• A Systematic Account of the Grasshopper Mice (1914 )
• A Systematic Account of the Prairie -dogs
• East African Mammals in the United States National Museum (1918, 1919, 1923)

Swell

• Wilfred Hudson Osgood: Ned Hollister [ Born November 26, 1876 - Died November 3, 1924 ]. In: Journal of Mammalogy. 6, No. 1, February 1925, pp. 1-12 (abstract ).

• Zoologist
• Americans
• Born 1876
• Died in 1924
• Man