Henry Augustus Pilsbry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henry Augustus Pilsbry

American zoologist

Date of Birth: 07-Dec-1862

Place of Birth: Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Date of Death: 26-Oct-1957

Profession: zoologist, biologist, malacologist, carcinologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Henry Augustus Pilsbry (7 December 1862 – 26 October 1957) was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study.
He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century.
For much of his career, his authority with respect to the classification of certain substantial groups of organisms was unchallenged: barnacles, chitons, North American terrestrial mollusks, and others.