Charles Torrey Simpson [SEP] place of death
Charles Torrey Simpson
Charles Torrey Simpson (Tiskilwa, Illinois June 3, 1846 – Lemon City, Miami, Florida December 17, 1932) was an American botanist, malacologist, and conservationist. He retired to Florida where he became known for conservation.
Scientific work.
His initial scientific interesting concerned collecting shells and he began as a conchologist. Although he had little more than a high school education he became well regarded in the field and in 1889 was hired by the Smithsonian Institution. He went on to work at
History". "Special Occasional Papers", Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 4: 1-56 + 3 plates.
- Rothra E. O. (1995). "Florida's Pioneer Naturalist: The Life of Charles Torrey Simpson". University Press of Florida, xv + 232 pp. ,
- Malone R. J. (October 1996) "Reviewed work(s): Florida's Pioneer Naturalist: The Life of Charles Torrey Simpson by Elizabeth Ogren Rothra". "Environmental History" 1(4): 98.