Frederick Bayer [SEP] cause of death
Frederick Bayer died of congestive heart failure on October 2, 2007, at the Washington Home hospice in Washington D.C. at the age of 85.
Taxa named in honor.
Taxa named in honor of Frederick Bayer include:
- "Bayerxenia" Alderslade, 2001
- "Bayericerithium" Petuch, 2001
- "Bayerotrochus" Harasewych, 2002
- "Bayergorgia" Williams & López-González, 2005
- "Hydractinia bayeri" Hirohito, 1984
Taxa named by him.
Taxa named by Frederick
honor of Frederick Bayer. Bayer returned the favor while Hirohito was on a state visit to Washington, D.C. in 1975. He presented Hirohito with a rare snail shell which was the "size of a hat."
Bayer served as a member of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature from 1972 to 1995.
He was also an accomplished bio-illustrator. Bayer painted and designed a total of fourteen scientifically accurate marine scenes. These particular scenes were used for a set of Haitian postage stamps in 1973.
Death.