Samuel B. McDowell
{{Short description|American herpetologist}}
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{{Infobox scientist
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| birth_name = Samuel Booker McDowell Jr.
| birth_date = September 13, 1928
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|12|31|1928|09|13|mf=y}}
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| education = Columbia University
B.Sc. (1947)
Ph.D. (1957)
| fields = Herpetology
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| workplaces= AMNH
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| nationality = American
| author_abbrev_zoo = McDowell
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Samuel Booker McDowell Jr. (1928–2014) was an American herpetologist who worked on the comparative anatomy of turtles and snakes, and studied snakes of Oceania.{{Cite Q|Q56037668}}{{Cite Q|Q99974549}}
McDowell earned a B.Sc. (1947) and a Ph.D. (1957) from Columbia University, and worked at the American Museum of Natural History. His zoological author abbreviation is McDowell. Several snakes are named in his honor.{{EMBL species|genus=Gerrhopilus|species=mcdowelli}} www.reptile-database.org.
In addition to his scientific work, McDowell was a friend of New Yorker writer A.J. Liebling,{{Cite news |last=Liebling |first=A. J. |date=1962-10-19 |title=The Soul of Bouillabaisse Town |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1962/10/27/the-soul-of-bouillabaisse-town |access-date=2025-02-10 |work=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}} and an occasional contributor to the magazine in the early 1960s.{{Cite news |last=McDowell |first=Sam B. |date=1963-07-26 |title=Comment |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1963/08/03/comment-4878?_sp=0e3a6ca8-c1c1-4c24-ac5d-19b5d0bf6882.1739164226306 |access-date=2025-02-10 |work=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}}{{Cite news |last=McDowell |first=Sam B. |date=1962-04-13 |title=First Latimeria |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1962/04/21/first-latimeria |access-date=2025-02-10 |work=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}}
Some taxa authored
Eponyms
The following four snakes are named in honor of McDowell.Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (McDowell, p. 173).
- Hydrophis macdowelli {{small|Kharin, 1983}}
- Tropidonophis mcdowelli {{small|Malnate & Underwood, 1988}}
- Gerrhopilus mcdowelli {{small|(Wallach, 1996)}}
- Candoia paulsoni mcdowelli {{small|H.M. Smith & Chiszar, 2001}}
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus.
Selected publications
- {{cite Q|Q99966086}}
- {{cite Q|Q29030857}}
- {{cite Q|Q55868153}}
- {{cite Q|Q99966085}}
- {{cite Q|Q68201288}}
- {{cite Q|Q95637275}}
References
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