Henry Adams ( Eng. Henry Adams ; 1813 , Gosport , England - 1877 , ibid.) - English naturalist and conhiologist [2] . In 1858, together with his brother Arthur Adams (1820-1878) published the three-volume work Genera of recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization (Genera of modern mollusks arranged according to their organization ), which gave rise to a new direction in the classification of mollusks [2] . In addition to mollusks in the modern sense, the book discusses brachopods and shells [3] .
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| Henry Adams | |
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| Date of Birth | 1813 |
| Place of Birth | Gosport , UK |
| Date of death | 1877 |
| Place of death | Gosport , UK |
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| Scientific field | zoology , conchology |
| Known as | author of “Genera of recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization” |
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The researcher who described a number of zoological taxa . The names of these taxa (to indicate authorship) are accompanied by the designation " H. Adams " . |
Major works
- Adams H., Adams A. (1958). Genera of recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. - in 3 volumes. London: John van Voorst, Paternoster row .
Notes
- ↑ LIBRIS - 2007.
- ↑ 1 2 Adams, Henry // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ Adams H., Adams A. (1958). Genera of recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. - in 3 volumes. London: John van Voorst, Paternoster row .
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Literature
Belyavskaya I. A. Henry Adams: an attempt to escape into the "golden age" // Perception of the United States on both sides of the Atlantic. M., 1997