Rosewater, Joseph, 1928-1985

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Biographical History

Joseph Rosewater (1928-1985), a malacologist, was educated at the University of New Hampshire (B.S., 1950; M.S., 1955) and Harvard University (Ph.D., 1960). In 1960, he joined the Division of Mollusks, United States National Museum (USNM), and served as Associate Curator, 1960-1965, Curator-in-Charge, 1965-1968, and Curator, 1968-1985. Rosewater's research specialty was the systematics and evolutionary biology of the mollusk family Littorinidae. He participated on several major collecting expeditions, mostly to the Indo-Pacific region. Rosewater served as President of the American Malacological Union in 1969.

Related entities

United States National Museum: He worked in the Division of Mollusks, United States National Museum.

Birth Date

1928

Death Date

1985

Topic

Malacologists

Form/Genre

Personal name

Occupation

Malacologists