Arthur Wilbur Henn
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Arthur Wilbur Henn | |
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| Born | March 8, 1890 |
| Died | May 8, 1959 (aged 69) |
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| Institutions | Carnegie Museum of Natural History |
Arthur Wilbur Henn, (March 8, 1890, in Evansville, Indiana – May 8, 1959, in Winter Park, Florida), was an American ichthyologist and herpetologist. Henn succeeded Carl H. Eigenmann to the position of Curator of Fishes at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. He was the longest-serving Treasurer in the history of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists from 1931 to 1949.[1] He dedicated much of his life to conversation and public education.
