| 词条 | William E. Old Jr. |
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|name = William Erwood Old Jr. |image = William Erwood Old Jr.png |image_size = |alt = |caption = William Erwood Old, Jr. |birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|04|14}} |birth_place = Norfolk, Virginia |death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|12|31|1928|04|14}} |death_place = New York City |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = USA |ethnicity = |fields = malacology |workplaces = American Museum of Natural History |alma_mater = |doctoral_advisor = |academic_advisors = |doctoral_students = |notable_students = |known_for = specialist on marine molluscs |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |awards = |footnotes = }}William Erwood Old Jr. usually known as Bill Old, (14 April 1928 in Norfolk, Virginia – 31 December 1982 in New York City)[1] was an American malacologist.[2] He attended The College of William & Mary in Virginia.[1] He served in the army during the Korean War.[1] He joined the American Museum of Natural History in 1960.[1] He helped build the American Museum's mollusc collection into a leading research resource.[1] He was the first collections manager{{citation needed|date=April 2011}} in malacology at the American Museum of Natural History. He became a specialist in marine molluscs.[1] He was extremely devoted to his science and was well known as a shell show judge in many parts of the United States.[1] He went on several expeditions including ones to the Galapagos and Mexico.[1] Old was president of the American Malacological Society from 1978 to 1979, and president of the New York Shell Club from 1963 to 1965.{{citation needed|date=April 2011}} He died of heart attack in 1982.[1] BibliographyHe authored or co-authored 36 papers.{{citation needed|date=April 2011}} As junior author to William K. Emerson, he named several species of marine mollusks, including:
ReferencesThis article incorporates public domain text from the reference [1] 1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Abbott R. T. (1983). "William E(rwood) Old, Jr." The Nautilus 97(1): [https://archive.org/stream/nautilus97amer#page/43/mode/1up 43]-44. 2. ^Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (15 February 2011). 2,400 years of malacology, 8th ed. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111161316/http://www.malacological.org/publications/2400_malacology.php# |date=2012-11-11 }}, 936 pp. + 42 pp. [Annex of Collations]. American Malacological Society Further reading
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