DAVID STARR JORDAN
\dˈe͡ɪvɪd stˈɑː d͡ʒˈɔːdən], \dˈeɪvɪd stˈɑː dʒˈɔːdən], \d_ˈeɪ_v_ɪ_d s_t_ˈɑː dʒ_ˈɔː_d_ə_n]\
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An eminent American naturalist; born in Gainesville, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1851. He graduated from Cornell University in 1872, and has held professorships in several universities in the West; was president of Indiana University from 1885 to 1891; was elected the first president of Leland Stanford University (California) in 1891, and is still at its head. He wrote voluminously on ichthyology. Among his works are: "A Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United States" (1876); "A Synoposis of the Fishes of North America" (1883); "Evolution and Animal Life" (1907).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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