Margaret Hamilton Storey (July 31, 1900 – October 18, 1960) was an American museum curator, herpetologist and ichthyologist. She worked for the Stanford University Natural History Museum for over 25 years.
Biography
Storey was born in San Francisco, California, into an educated household. Her father, Thomas Storey, was the founder of the Stanford University School of Health. Storey attended Cornell University, receiving an A.B. degree in 1922 and received her master's degree in 1936 from Stanford University. She began working at the Stanford Natural History Museum first as a volunteer, but in 1940, was given a "regular staff appointment." Storey worked as both a curator at the museum and also as a librarian of the zoological book collection She worked closely with George S. Myers, supervising the curating. She also edited the Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin and Occasional Papers. She would work at the museum for over twenty-five years.
Storey collected herpetological specimens from the United States Southwest deserts, the Rocky Mountains and Maine. She contributed notes, information and corrections for books about reptiles and amphibians. She described several fish species, including Bascanichthys paulensis, Harengula majorina and Callechelys perryae, and, with Myers, Hesperomyrus fryi. A species of Cuban gecko, Sphaerodactylus storeyae, and a species of triplefin blenny, Axoclinus storeyae, are named in her honor. Storey and Myers were also very involved in the Stanford Zoology Club, which dated back to the 1890s and in an ichthyology club called the Fishverein.
Storey also served as the only woman Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) track timer in the country for twenty six years.
Storey died after surgery on October 18, 1960. An award, given to the most improved runner on the Stanford Cardinals team, is named after her.
Publications
- Storey, Margaret (1937). "The Relation Between Normal Range and Mortality of Fishes due to Cold at Sanibel Island, Florida". Ecology. 18 (1): 10–26. Bibcode:1937Ecol...18...10S. doi:10.2307/1932700. JSTOR 1932700. PMC 5822641. PMID 29466976.
- Storey, Margaret (1939). "Contributions toward a revision of the Ophichthyid eels. 1, The genera Callechelys and Bascanichthys, with descriptions of new species and notes on Myrichthys". Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin. 1 (3).
Taxon described by her
Taxon named in her honor
- The Triplefin Blenny Axoclinus storeyae (Brock, 1940)
- Sphaerodactylus storeyae, also known commonly as the Isle of Pines sphaero or the Los Canarreos geckolet, is a small species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Isla de la Juventud in Cuba.
References
Citations
- ^ Balon, Bruton & Noakes 1994, p. 14.
- ^ "Margaret H. Storey". Oakland Tribune. 18 October 1960. Retrieved 4 April 2016 – via Newspaper Archive.
- Tanner, Vasco M. (1960). "Margaret Hamilton Storey (1900-1960)". Western North American Naturalist. 20 (2): 70.
- ^ "History of George S. Myers". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. 38. 1970. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- "Bulletin Honors Woman Editor". The Stanford Daily. Vol. 138, no. 40. 17 November 1960. p. 4. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- Burt, Charles E.; Myers, George S. (1942). Neotropical Lizards in the Collection of the Natural History Museum of Stanford University. Stanford University Press. p. 3. ISBN 9780804705790.
- Klauber, Laurence Monroe (1972). Rattlesnakes: Their Habits, Life Histories, and Influence on Mankind. Vol. 1. University of California Press. p. 502. ISBN 9780520017757.
- Pickwell, Gayle (1947). Amphibians and Reptiles of the Pacific States. Stanford University Press. pp. vii. ISBN 9780804715973.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 256. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5..
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (19 July 2024). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. v. 10.0. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- Neal, Travis (17 September 1999). "Stanford Cross Country Season Off and Running". The Stanford Daily. Vol. 216, no. 1. p. 13C. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- Sphaerodactylus storeyae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Sources
- Balon, Eugene K.; Bruton, Michael N.; Noakes, David L.G., eds. (1994). Women in Ichthyology: An Anthology in Honour of ET, Ro and Genie. Springer Science + Business Media, B.V. ISBN 9789401101998.
- Myers, G. S. (1961). "Margaret Hamilton Storey, (1900-1960)". Copeia. 1961 (2): 261–263. JSTOR 1440030.
External links
- Data related to Margaret Hamilton Storey at Wikispecies
- 1900 births
- 1960 deaths
- Cornell University alumni
- Stanford University alumni
- Stanford University people
- 20th-century American women scientists
- American ichthyologists
- Women ichthyologists
- American herpetologists
- Women herpetologists
- 20th-century American zoologists
- American women biologists
- Biologists from California
- Scientists from San Francisco