Albert Brennus Ulrey was a
marine biologist
Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms in the sea. Given that in biology many scientific classification, phyla, family (biology), families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others th ...
, born in
North Manchester, Indiana
North Manchester is a town in Chester Township, Wabash County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 6,112 at the 2010 census.
Geography
North Manchester is located at (41.003951, -85.772573).
According to the 2010 census, North ...
, December 31, 1860 and died 21 December 1932 in
Los Angeles
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, California.
Personal life
Ulrey married Florence Katherine Speicher (1883-1966) on 15 November 1900.
Fish named for him
The '' Hyphessobrycon ulreyi'' is named after him.[Dr. Herbert R. Axelrod and Dr. Leonard P. Schultz, ''Handbook of Tropical Aquarium Fishes'' (Neptune City: T.F.H. Publications, Inc., 1983), 226.]
Publications
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A Review of the Embioticidae
” ''Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries'' (V. 25 1905), Volume 12 (1894)
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The Marine Fishes of Southern California
” ''Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences'', Volumes 21-24 (1922)
References
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1860 births
1932 deaths
American marine biologists
People from North Manchester, Indiana