Herbert Hutchinson Brimley[1] (7 March 1861 – 4 April 1946) was a self-trained zoologist and long-time director of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. His brother, C.S. Brimley, was also a zoologist who worked at the same museum. Both Brimley brothers are buried at Historic Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh.
Herbert Hutchinson Brimley | |
|---|---|
 Brimley in 1934 | |
| Born | 7 March 1861 |
| Died | 4 April 1946 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | English |
| Citizenship | American |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Zoology |
| Institutions | North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences |
Notes
edit- ^ Cooper, John E. 1979. The Brothers Brimley: North Carolina Naturalists. Brimleyana No. 1:1-14
References and external links
edit- Collecting Nature: The Beginning of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences—accessed 19 June 2008
- North Carolina State Archives Photo Gallery--Herbert Hutchinson Brimley—accessed 19 June 2008
- University of Iowa, Museum of Natural History--A Whale for Iowa—accessed 19 June 2008
- Historic Oakwood Cemetery—grave listings, accessed 27 June 2008
- Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Sciences Collection—accessed 19 June 2008
- Herbert Hutchinson Brimley, 1949. A North Carolina Naturalist: H.H. Brimley: Selections from His Writings. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 205 pp.
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