Alfred Cleveland Weed
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Alfred Weed | |
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| File:Alfred C. Weed, in beard and stiff hat - 3000.33.2904.jpg | |
| Born | 1881 |
| Died | 1953 (aged 71–72) |
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| Occupation | ichthyologist |
| Known for | Catalogued Arctic fish |
Alfred Cleveland Weed was an American ichthyologist, known for expeditions to the Arctic, where he catalogued the region's fish.[1][2]
Weed was born in North Rose, New York, and earned his bachelor's degree at Cornell University.[1]
He was hired as assistant curator of the Field Museum of Natural History in 1921.[2] By his retirement, in 1942, he was serving as full curator of the Fishery department.[3]
He made multiple scientific field trips to Labrador and Greenland in the 1920s and 1930s.[1]
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