Charles H. Gilbert
Charles Henry Gilbert, born December 5, 1859 in Rockford, Illinois, spent his early years in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1874, he came under the influence of his high school teacher, David Starr Jordan. Little did either of these men know at the time, but Gilbert would become a primary colleague of Jordan’s for much of his adult life. After Charles Henry Gilbert graduated from high school in 1875, he followed Jordan to Northwestern Christian University (later Butler University) receiving a Bachelor of Arts (B. A.) degree in 1879. In 1877, CH Gilbert accompanied Dr. Jordan in a survey of the fish indigenous to the state of Georgia.
When Jordan moved to Indiana University in the fall of 1879, Gilbert again followed. During that same year, Gilbert was appointed by Spencer Fullerton Baird, then Commissioner of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, to serve as an assistant for Dr. Jordan's survey of the fish and fisheries of the Pacific Coast; a survey which Gilbert lengthened to include the Mazatlan and Panama. From the University of Indiana, Gilbert earned his Masters of Science (M. S) degree in 1882 and his Doctorate in Philosophy (Ph.D.) in 1883 in zoology with the river fishes being his specialty. His doctorate, awarded to Gilbert at the age of 24, was the first ever bestowed by Indiana University. By the time Gilbert received his doctorate, he was the author or co-author of more than eighty scientific publications.
During the years 1880-1884, while at the University of Indiana, Gilbert first held the position of instructor, and then Assistant Professor in Natural Sciences and Modern Languages. Gilbert next served as Professor of Natural History at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio, from 1884-1888, returning to Indiana University in 1889 as Professor of Natural History. In 1891, David Starr Jordan recruited Gilbert to the Leland Stanford Junior University, offering him the position of Professor of Zoology. Except for the four year period when CH Gilbert was a Professor at the University of Cincinnati, he remained academically associated with David Starr Jordan; beginning with his high school in Indianapolis, then Indiana University and finally Leland Stanford Jr. University, where, in 1925 he attained the status of emeritus professor.
Publications:
GILBERT, C.H. (1915) Fishes collected by the United States Fisheries steamer "Albatross" in southern California in 1904. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 48 (2075): 305–380, Pls. 14–22
Notes on lantern fishes from southern seas, collected by JT Nichols in 1906, Gilbert, CH. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Volume: 30 Pages: 13-19 Published: 1911
GILBERT, C.H. (1905) The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands. Part II. The deep-sea fishes. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 23 (2): 575–713, pl. 66–101
GILBERT, C.H. & THOMPSON, J.C. (1905) Notes on the fishes of Puget Sound. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 28: 973–988
GILBERT, C.H. & STARKS, E.C. (1904) The fishes of Panama Bay. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences, 4: 304 p.
GILBERT, C.H. (1892) Descriptions of thirty-four new species of fishes collected in 1888 and 1889, principally among the Santa Barbara Islands and in the Gulf of California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 14: 539–566
JORDAN, D.S. & GILBERT, C.H. (1883) Synopsis of the fishes of North America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 16: 1–1018
JORDAN, D.S. & GILBERT, C.H. (1883) Descriptions of a New Species of Rhinobatus (Rhinobatus glaucostigma) from Mazatlan, Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 6: 210–211
JORDAN, D.S. & GILBERT, C.H. (1882) Description of four new species of sharks, from Mazatlan, Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 5: 102–110
JORDAN, D.S. & GILBERT, C.H. (1882) Description of a new shark (Carcharias lamiella), from San Diego, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 5: 110–111
JORDAN, D.S. & GILBERT, C.H. (1882) Description of a new species of Urolophus (Urolophus asterias), from Mazatlan and Panama. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 5 (327): 579–580
JORDAN, D.S. & GILBERT, C.H. (1882) Notes on a collection of fishes from Charleston, South Carolina, with describtions of tree new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 5 (327): 580–620
JORDAN, D.S. & GILBERT, C.H. (1882) Notes on fishes observed about Pensacola, Florida, and Galverston, Texas, with description of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 5: 241–307
JORDAN, D.S. & GILBERT, C.H. (1882) Descriptions of nineteen new species of fishes from the Bay of Panama. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 1: 306–335
JORDAN, D.S. & GILBERT, C.H. (1881) Note on Raia inornata. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 4 (194): 73–74
JORDAN, D.S. & GILBERT, C.H. (1881) Notes on the fishes of the Pacific coast of the United States. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 4: 29–70
JORDAN, D.S. & GILBERT, C.H. (1880) Notes on a collection of fishes from San Diego, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 3 (106): 23–34.
JORDAN, D.S. & GILBERT, C.H. (1880) Description of a new ray (Platyrhina triseriata), from the coast of California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 3 (108): 36–38.
JORDAN, D.S. & GILBERT, C.H. (1880) On the generic relations of Platyrhina exasperata. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 3 (119): 53.
JORDAN, D.S. & GILBERT, C.H. (1880) Description of a new species of ray (Raia stellulata) from Monterey, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 3 (129): 133–135
JORDAN, D.S. & GILBERT, C.H. (1880) Description of a new species of ray, Raia rhina, from the coast of California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 3 (141): 251–253.
JORDAN, D.S. & GILBERT, C.H. (1880) Description of a new species of notidanoid shark (Hexanchus corinus), from the Pacific coast of the United States. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 3 (167): 352–355
JORDAN, D.S. & GILBERT, C.H. (1880) On the occurrence of Cephaloscyllium laticeps (Duméril) Gill, on the coast of California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 3: 40–42
JORDAN, D.S. & GILBERT, C.H. (1880) On the Oil-shark of southern California (Galeorhinus galeus). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 3: 42–43
JORDAN, D.S. & GILBERT, C.H. (1880) Notes on sharks from the coast of California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 3: 51–52
JORDAN, D.S. & GILBERT, C.H. (1880) List of the fishes of the Pacific coast of the United States, with a table showing the distribution of the species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 3: 452–458