GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-003281
NameSamuel Henshaw
TitleMr.
Gendermale
Denomination
Livedb. 1852-01-29 - d. 1941-02-05 (new)
Linked Manuscriptsmanuscript owner - Sermon by Henry Snooke: MS Eng 731.4 (No. 10)
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Source of DataRobert T. Jackson, 'Samuel Henshaw (1852-1941)', Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 75.6 (1944), 167-169; Hannah Yip.
Biographical Sources ConsultedRobert T. Jackson, 'Samuel Henshaw (1852-1941)', Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 75.6 (1944), 167-169
Other NoteSamuel Henshaw, entomologist, was born on 29 January 1852 at Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Joseph Lyman Henshaw and Jane Paine Henshaw. In 1871, Henshaw became a member of the Boston Society of Natural History. From 1871 until 1891, Samuel Henshaw worked at the Society as assistant to Professor Alpheus Hyatt. Subsequently, he became Secretary and Librarian of the Society, a post he held until 1901. Henshaw received an Honorary A.M. from Harvard in 1903. In addition to his services to natural history, Henshaw was a bibliophile, amassing an extensive collection of documents relating to the naturalist Gilbert White. Henshaw died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on 5 February 1941. In his will, he left his Gilbert White collection to the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
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| hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/24/resources/1543 | Collection of letters addressed to Samuel Henshaw, c. 1849-1937, held at Harvard University. |
GEMMS record createdFebruary 14, 2021
GEMMS record last editedFebruary 14, 2021