Person
Clark, Hubert Lyman (1870 - 1947)
- Born
- 9 January 1870
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America - Died
- 31 July 1947
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America - Occupation
- Marine zoologist
Summary
Hubert Clark was a marine zoologist whose research focused on echinoderms: sea stars, brittle stars, sea lilies and sea cucumbers. He made study and collecting trips widely through the American region, especially on the Pacific coasts. From 1910 he was particularly interested in the Australian echinoderm fauna. He made expeditions to Australia in 1913, 1929 and 1932. Results of these studies were published in a number of papers, and the monographs Echinoderms from Australia: an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932 (1938) and The echinoderm fauna of Australia (1946). In the latter he recorded all known species (including fossils) and discussed the origins and composition of the fauna in relation to adjacent areas. Clark spent most of his career at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, being Associate Professor of Zoology from 1927 to 1935, and retiring as Curator of Marine Invertebrates in 1946 after 20 years in the role. In 1947 he was awarded the Clark Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales for his work on Australian echinoderms.
Details
Chronology
- 1892
- Education - AB, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- 1897
- Education - PhD, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
- 1899 - 1905
- Career position - Professor of biology, Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan, U.S.A.
- 1905 - 1910
- Career position - Assistant in vertebrate zoology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- 1910 - 1927
- Career position - Curator of Echinoderms, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- 1927
- Award - Doctor of Science honoris causa, Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan, U.S.A.
- 1927 - 1946
- Career position - Curator of Marine Invertebrates, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- 1936
- Career position - Acting associate professor, Stanford University, Stanford., California, U.S.A
- 1946 - 1947
- Career position - Research Associate, Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
- 1947
- Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Clark, Hubert Lyman, The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin (Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1921), 223 pp. Details
- Clark, Hubert Lyman, The echinoderm fauna of Australia: its composition and origin (Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1946), 567 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Cunneen, Chris, 'Clark, Hubert Lyman (1870-1947), zoologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 8-9. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/clark-hubert-lyman-5663. Details
Journal Articles
- Clark, Hubert Lyman, 'Echinoderms from Australia: an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932', Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 55 (1938), 1-596. Details
- Deichmann, Elisabeth and Chace, Fenner, 'Hubert Lyman Clark, 1870 - 1947', Science, 106 (2764) (1947), 611-2, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.106.2764.611. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3142058. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/54932103. Details
- 'Clark, Hubert Lyman (1870-1947)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-801935. Details
McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2026
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