William Beebe
William Beebe was an American explorer, ornithologist, zoologist, entomologist, marine biologist and curator (1877–1962). He was born at New York City and died at Arima.
Also recorded as C. William Beebe; Charles William Beebe; Will Beebe.
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Identity and origins
William Beebe was recorded at birth as Charles William Beebe. The authorities additionally record the headings C. William Beebe, Charles William Beebe and Will Beebe. His recorded language was English.
He was the child of Henrietta Marie Beebe. He married Blair Niles and Elswyth Thane.
Identity
What the record establishes about William Beebe.
William Beebe is recorded with the occupation marine biologist. William Beebe is recorded as a citizen of United States. William Beebe is recorded as explorer, ornithologist, zoologist, entomologist and marine biologist. A contribution to the life of the euchromid moth, aethria carnicauda Butler is dated 1953. Wellcome Collection records 4 objects associated with this heading. William Beebe is recorded at birth as Charles William Beebe.
Open Library catalogues 76 works under this name. Beneath tropical seas is dated 1937. Exploring with Beebe is dated 1932. Man against nature is dated 1954. Galápogos is dated 1988. Galapagos is dated 1928.
Works and catalogued output
Wikidata Query Service catalogues 19 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 4 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 26 works under this heading.
Holdings and surviving copies
Where material relating to William Beebe is held.
Tropical Wild Life In British Guiana - William Beebe; G. Inness Hartley; Paul G. Howes (1917) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Jungle Days (1925) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. high jungle (1949) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. pheasants (1931) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
Catalogued works
46 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1916 to 1975.
A monograph of the pheasants. Half mile down. Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana. The bird; its form and function. Two bird-lovers in Mexico. The Williams Galapagos Expedition of the New York Zoological Society. Gray Herbarium miscellaneous plant lists. Jungle peace. The Arcturus Adventure. Bees from British Guiana. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 38, article 20. Beneath tropic seas; a record of diving among the coral reefs of Haiti. The bird, its form and function. The edge of the jungle. Edge of the jungle. Jungle days. --. The log of the sun; a chronicle of nature's year. A new slug from the Himalaya Mountains. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 32, article 41. Nonsuch: land of water. Our search for a wilderness : an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana. Pheasants. Man against nature, dated 1954. From sea to mountain-top in Malaysia. Bi-metsulot yam. A naturalist's life of New York. Zaca venture. Adventuring with Beebe. The book of naturalists. Nonsuch. Field book of the shore fishes of Bermuda and the West Indies. Jungle days. Beneath tropic seas. The log of the sun. Beneath tropical seas, dated 1937. A contribution to the life of the euchromid moth, aethria carnicauda Butler, dated 1953. Exploring with Beebe, dated 1932. Field book of the shore fishes of Bermuda, dated 1933. Galapagos, dated 1928. Galapagos, world's end, dated 1924. Habits, palatability and mimicry in thirteen ctenuchid moth species from Trinidad, B.W.I, dated 1957. High jungle, dated 1949. Jungle Night, dated 1918. Notes on the birds of Para, Brazil, dated 1916. Pheasants, their lives and homes, dated 1926. Natural man : the life of William Beebe / Robert Henry Welker., dated [1975], held by Wellcome Collection. Our face from fish to man : a portrait gallery of our ancient ancestors and kinsfolk together with a concise history of our best features / by William K. Gregory ... with a foreword by William Beebe; with 119 illustrations., dated 1929, held by Wellcome Collection. Contraception and fertility in the southern Appalachians / by Gilbert Wheeler Beebe., dated 1942, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
Wellcome Collection: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Jungle peace, by William Beebe ..., 1918. Jungle peace / by William Beebe ., 1918. Edge of the jungle, by William Beebe ..., 1921. Edge of the jungle, by William Beebe., 1921. The edge of the jungle / by William Beebe., 1922. Depictions of the Deep: Illustrations in the Popular Press of Deep-Sea Animals from Jules Verne (1860’s) to William Beebe (1930’s) and beyond, Arts et Sciences, 2020.
Digitised editions and texts
1 digitised item associated with this heading is catalogued by Internet Archive.
Tropical Wild Life In British Guiana - William Beebe; G. Inness Hartley; Paul G. Howes (1917) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 27 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1877William Beebe born at New York City.
- 1877William Beebe was born on 29 July 1877.
- 1917Tropical Wild Life In British Guiana - William Beebe; G. Inness Hartley; Paul G. Howes (1917) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1917Tropical Wild Life In British Guiana - William Beebe; G. Inness Hartley; Paul G. Howes digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1925Jungle Days (1925) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1928Galapagos is dated 1928.
- 1931pheasants (1931) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1932Exploring with Beebe is dated 1932.
- 1937Beneath tropical seas is dated 1937.
- 1949high jungle (1949) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1953A contribution to the life of the euchromid moth, aethria carnicauda Butler is dated 1953.
- 1954Man against nature is dated 1954.
- 1962William Beebe died at Arima.
- 1962William Beebe died on 4 June 1962.
- 1988Galápogos is dated 1988.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
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Open Library author record for William Beebe (Internet Archive), 76 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
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Directory of Open Access Journals lists 2 articles naming William Beebe.
open access index · Unverified
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Internet Archive, 207 digitised items catalogued under William Beebe as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
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Wellcome Collection catalogue records 4 works naming William Beebe.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q956868: William Beebe
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
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“William Beebe”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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Elsewhere in Books
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