John S. Garth
American zoologist
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John S. Garth's Degrees
- PhD Zoology University of California, Berkeley
- Masters Zoology University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelors Zoology University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, John Shrader Garth was a 20th-century American naturalist and professor who specialized in marine crustaceans and butterflies. The crab genus Johngarthia is named for him. Early life and education John Garth was born in Los Angeles, California, on October 3, 1909, to a family that lived in nearby Long Beach. He graduated from Polytechnic High School in Long Beach in 1927. A skilled pianist, he earned a bachelor's degree in music at the University of Southern California in 1932. He was a member of the Yosemite School of Field Natural History and a temporary ranger naturalist at Glacier National Park in 1935, the year he earned a Master of Science degree from U.S.C., where he studied with Irene McCulloch, specialist on the Foraminifera. He performed summer work at Cornell University in 1937 and the University of Pennsylvania in 1940. He was awarded a PhD, also from U.S.C., in 1941. By the time he earned his degree, he had published four papers on butterflies and three on crabs.
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