Benjamin Shreve, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Benjamin Shreve

American herpetologist

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Salem, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: zoologist, botanist, entomologist, herpetologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Benjamin Shreve (1908–1985) was an American amateur herpetologist.
He was from a wealthy Boston family of jewellers (partners and managers of Shreve, Crump & Low) and worked at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology as a volunteer.
He was trained by Arthur Loveridge to deal with materials from elsewhere than Africa.
Shreve described many species from the West Indies together with Thomas Barbour.
In these papers, Shreve is said to have done the "spadework" while Barbour wrote "florid" introductions.