Frederick Allen Aldrich AB,

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, Ph.D. (May 1, 1927 – July 12, 1991) was an American marine biologist and

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. He is best remembered for his research on giant squid.

Biography

Aldrich was born in

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, New Jersey, and attended Rutgers University, where he earned his doctorate. He began working at

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in 1961 as an associate professor of biology. He became head of the department two years later. He became the first director of the Marine Sciences Research Laboratory at

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in 1967. In 1990, Aldrich became the Moses Harvey Professor of Marine Biology, a named chair that he would hold until his death.

Recognition

The

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species ''

Australiteuthis aldrichi ''A. aldrichi'' is a small species of squid found in northern Australian waters. The species was described by Chung Cheng Lu in 2005 based on specimens collected in the inshore waters of Northern Australia. The largest known individual of this ...

'' is named after him.Lu, C.C. 2005. A new family of myopsid squid from Australasian waters (Cephalopoda: Teuthida). P. 71-82. ''In:'' Chotiyaputta, C., E.M.C. Hatfield & C.C. Lu (eds.). Cephalopod biology, recruitment and culture. International Cephalopod Symposium and Workshop, 17–21 February 2003. ''Research Bulletin, Phyuket Marine Biological Center'', No. 66, Published by the Center Phuket, Thailand, July 2005, 365 pp.

References

American marine biologists American malacologists Teuthologists 1927 births 1991 deaths People from Butler, New Jersey Rutgers University alumni Academic staff of the Memorial University of Newfoundland 20th-century American zoologists {{US-zoologist-stub