22:
153:
He was sent abroad several times by the U. S. government in connection with fish culture, and he received medals and testimonials from many scientific societies of Europe. In 1877 he became fishery editor of The
Chicago Field, and from 1880 he held a like position with
146:. He also, at the same time, invented a conical hatching apparatus, by which, through the admission of water at the bottom, shad and other eggs were hatched in bulk instead of in layers upon trays or floating boxes. In 1884 he hatched the adhesive eggs of the
262:
320:
295:
73:
80:'s "Jayhawkers." He enlisted in the 113th New York regiment in 1862, and became 1st lieutenant two years later. At the close of the
21:
290:
223:
305:
310:
177:
300:
315:
251:
256:
88:
285:
280:
112:
92:
108:
77:
247:
81:
156:
65:
57:
165:
96:
37:
124:
255:
274:
242:
176:. In 1883 he was appointed superintendent of the New York Fish Commission station at
161:
104:
61:
173:
147:
139:
120:
41:
197:
193:
169:
69:
227:. Vol. Comprehensive Index. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1990.
116:
185:
181:
143:
45:
135:
131:
72:. During the political troubles in Kansas he served under General
20:
100:
241:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
201:(1885), which described several fishes previously unknown.
68:
to become interpreter to the government survey in northern
84:, he took a clerkship in the stock yards near Albany.
91:, and began to hatch fish of various kinds. When the
64:
country in that state. Here he learned enough of the
150:, although all previous attempts had been failures.
142:box, and in 1875 succeeded in carrying the eggs to
56:In 1854 he became interested in the lead mines of
95:was formed in 1872 he was sent for by Professor
8:
164:. In 1882 he was sent by Professor Baird to
263:Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
119:. A year earlier he had hatched the first
60:, and afterward hunted and trapped in the
130:After several vain attempts to transport
40:– February 14, 1900) was a United States
107:. In 1875, he established hatcheries at
210:
216:
214:
7:
188:, and other marine forms was begun.
180:, Long Island. Here the hatching of
16:American pisciculturist and educator
14:
321:Scientists from New York (state)
224:Dictionary of American Biography
25:Fred Mather, Frontispiece from
1:
296:Writers from Albany, New York
87:In 1868 he bought a farm at
221:"Subjects of Biographies".
44:and a writer and editor on
337:
172:, to hatch salmon for the
27:The Men I Have Fished With
266:. New York: D. Appleton.
291:American ichthyologists
89:Honeoye Falls, New York
30:
306:American male writers
36:(January 2, 1833, in
24:
257:"Mather, Fred"
93:U.S. Fish Commission
311:Union Army soldiers
178:Cold Spring Harbor
82:American Civil War
31:
157:Forest and Stream
115:for the state of
76:, and was one of
66:Chippewa language
58:Potosi, Wisconsin
328:
301:American editors
267:
259:
229:
228:
218:
97:Spencer F. Baird
38:Albany, New York
336:
335:
331:
330:
329:
327:
326:
325:
316:Pisciculturists
271:
270:
254:, eds. (1900).
246:
238:
233:
232:
220:
219:
212:
207:
138:, he devised a
54:
52:Life and career
17:
12:
11:
5:
334:
332:
324:
323:
318:
313:
308:
303:
298:
293:
288:
283:
273:
272:
269:
268:
237:
234:
231:
230:
209:
208:
206:
203:
53:
50:
42:pisciculturist
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
333:
322:
319:
317:
314:
312:
309:
307:
304:
302:
299:
297:
294:
292:
289:
287:
284:
282:
279:
278:
276:
265:
264:
258:
253:
249:
248:Wilson, J. G.
244:
243:public domain
240:
239:
235:
226:
225:
217:
215:
211:
204:
202:
200:
199:
195:
191:He published
189:
187:
183:
179:
175:
171:
167:
163:
162:New York City
159:
158:
151:
149:
145:
141:
137:
133:
128:
126:
122:
118:
114:
110:
106:
105:Potomac River
102:
98:
94:
90:
85:
83:
79:
75:
71:
67:
63:
59:
51:
49:
47:
43:
39:
35:
28:
23:
19:
261:
222:
192:
190:
174:Hudson River
155:
152:
140:refrigerator
129:
86:
55:
33:
32:
26:
18:
286:1900 deaths
281:1833 births
198:Adirondacks
194:Ichthyology
170:Long Island
34:Fred Mather
275:Categories
236:References
113:Blacksburg
74:James Lane
252:Fiske, J.
125:graylings
109:Lexington
99:to hatch
70:Minnesota
182:lobsters
134:eggs to
121:sea bass
117:Virginia
103:for the
78:Jennison
48:topics.
245::
196:of the
186:codfish
144:Germany
62:Bad Axe
46:fishing
166:Roslyn
136:Europe
132:salmon
29:, 1897
205:Notes
148:smelt
123:and
111:and
101:shad
160:in
277::
260:.
250:;
213:^
184:,
168:,
127:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
