Albert B. Ulrey

Albert Brennus Ulrey was a marine biologist, born in North Manchester, Indiana, December 31, 1860[1] and died 21 December 1932 in Los Angeles, California.[2]

Personal life

Ulrey married Florence Katherine Speicher (1883-1966) on 15 November 1900.[2]

Career

He was the first biology instructor at Manchester University in Indiana, joining the faculty in 1894,[3] and also the University of Southern California’s first marine biologist, hired in 1901.[4] He ultimately became the Director of the Marine Biological Station of the University of Southern California.

Fish named for him

The Hyphessobrycon ulreyi is named after him.[5]

Publications

References

  1. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, Volumes 83-84 (1974) By Indiana Academy of Science, 335.
  2. 1 2 Albert B. Ulrey, Ancestry.com.
  3. A. B. Ulrey, First Biology Instructor at Manchester College,” Manchester College Archives and Brethren Historical Collection.
  4. USC Wrigley Institute.
  5. Dr. Herbert R. Axelrod and Dr. Leonard P. Schultz, Handbook of Tropical Aquarium Fishes (Neptune City: T.F.H. Publications, Inc., 1983), 226.
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