Ginsburg, Isaac, 1886-1975

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Biographical History

Isaac Ginsburg (1886-1975) was born in Lithuania and came to the United States as a boy. He studied ichthyology at Cornell University and after graduating, spent a short time as an aid in the Division of Fishes, United States National Museum, in 1917. In 1922, he received an appointment with the Bureau of Fisheries and worked there until his retirement in 1956. Ginsburg's chief scientific interest was the marine fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Though at one time he intended to prepare a large work on the shore fishes of the Gulf, necessary revisionary work on those groups took up most of his time. In addition, he worked on the problem of species and their subdivisions. Other duties at the Bureau of Fisheries included handling of the correspondence concerning marine fishes and war work in connection with the coordination of fisheries in 1943-1944.

Related entities

United States. Bureau of Fisheries : He worked for the Bureau of Fisheries from 1922 - 1956.

Birth Date

1886

Death Date

1975

Topic

Ichthyologists

Form/Genre

Personal name

Occupation

Ichthyologists