William T. Innes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

William T. Innes

American photographer and zoologist

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1874

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 27-Feb-1969

Profession: photographer, zoologist, ichthyologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About William T. Innes

  • William Thornton Innes III, L.H.D.
  • (February 2, 1874 – February 27, 1969) was an American aquarist, author, photographer, printer and publisher.
  • Innes was the author of numerous influential books and hundreds of articles about aquarium fish, aquatic plants and aquarium maintenance during the formative years of the aquarium hobby in America.
  • Born in Philadelphia, he was the founder, publisher and editor of The Aquarium, the first successful national magazine on the subject of keeping freshwater tropical fishes.
  • The magazine ran monthly for thirty-five years from May 1932 through January 1967.
  • Graduating from Friends' Central School, Philadelphia, he entered the printing concern of his father, in 1895.
  • In 1899 he married Mary Weber Weaver.
  • From the 1920s he organized aquarium shows in Philadelphia's Horticultural Hall.

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