mayer on Maine Endeavors 9/7/2015 Alfred Goldsborough Mayor Papers An Inventory of his papers at Syracuse University SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES Alfred Goldsborough Mayor Papers An Inventory of his papers at Syracuse University Finding aid created by: -- Date: Nov. 1966 Revision history: 20 Mar 2008 converted to EAD (LDC) Overview of the Collection Creator: Mayor, Alfred Goldsborough, 1868-1922. Title: Alfred Goldsborough Mayor Papers Dates: 1878-1926 Quantity: 6.0 linear ft. Abstract: Correspondence (1881-1926); typescript manuscripts, notebooks, photographs, sketchbooks, and printed material, including articles by and about Mayor, and newspaper clippings. Correspondence includes that of Anna Hyatt Huntington, Audella Beebe Hyatt, A. Hyatt Mayor, and Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor. Language: English Repository: Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/print/mayor_ag_prt.htm 1/7 9/7/2015 Alfred Goldsborough Mayor Papers An Inventory of his papers at Syracuse University Biographical History Alfred G. Mayor was born in Frederick County, Maryland in 1868, the son of Alfred M. Mayor, noted physicist. At his father's wishes, he obtained a degree in mechanical engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology in 1889. After graduation, he became an assistant in physics, first at Clark University and then at the University of Kansas. But his real love was natural history and SO after three years he entered Harvard to pursue his doctorate. He became associated with Alpheus Hyatt II and Alexander Agassiz, serving as Agassiz's assistant. He was also given charge of the collection of radiates in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, a post he held for eight years. He accompanied Agassiz on several expeditions to tropical seas, gaining first-hand experience. Through his friendship with Alpheus Hyatt the noted paleontologist, he met the professor's daughter, Harriet Hyatt, whom he married in 1900. That same year Dr. Mayor became chief curator of the Brooklyn Institute and four years later rose to the post of director of marine zoology studies for the Carnegie Institution. He became most interested in marine biology and soon established an experimental station off Key West, Florida on an inlet called Dry Tortugas. Here he spent much time in his later years studying the area with a group of assistants. He also led expeditions to the coral reefs of Samoa, Fiji and other South Pacific islands. His scientific papers include works on the evolution of snails, the coloration of insects, the nature of the nervous impulse and the formation and rate of growth of coral reefs. He developed tuberculosis, and finally succumbed in 1922. He was survived by his wife and four children, Alpheus Hyatt Mayor, Katharine Mayor Cook Townsend, Brantz Mayor, and Barbara Mayor Money. Scope and Contents of the Collection The Alfred G. Mayor Papers include biographical material, correspondence, an address book, bills, and receipts, legal papers, books and articles as well as expedition journals, 1893 and 1896- 1897, extensive notebooks, sketches, and sketchbooks, and published materials consisting of articles and newspaper clippings about Dr. Mayor and others and articles about others. Correspondence, includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, as well as letters to and from others. Subject File, contains an address book, awards, bills and receipts, lists, legal papers, maps, notes and cards, and a scrapbook. Photographs, includes pictures of Dry Tortugas, Florida, family and friends, other people and places, Samoa coral (1919-1920) and the South Seas. Manuscripts, consists of books and articles by Dr. Mayor, expedition journals, notebooks, sketches and sketchbooks. Published Material, contains articles about and by Dr. Mayor, articles about others and newspaper clippings about Dr. Mayor and others. Arrangement of the Collection The incoming letters are arranged alphabetically by author and the outgoing letters are arranged chronologically. Letters to an from others are arranged alphabetically by author. Photographs are arranged alphabetically by subject with negatives, both in film and glass, at the end. Subject File, Manuscripts, and Published Material are arranged alphabetically by type. http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/print/mayor_ag_prt.htm 2/7 9/7/2015 Alfred Goldsborough Mayor Papers An Inventory of his papers at Syracuse University Restrictions Access Restrictions: There are no access restrictions on this material. Use Restrictions: Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection. Related Material The Special Collections Research Center has numerous collections for the Hyatt-Mayor families. For information on members of the Hyatt, Mayor, Beebe, and Huntington families see the SCRC Subject Index for the finding aids of individual family members. Subject Headings Persons Huntington, Anna Hyatt, 1876-1973. Hyatt family. Hyatt, Audella Beebe, 1840-1932. Mayor family. Mayor, A. Hyatt q (Alpheus Hyatt), 1901- Mayor, Alfred Goldsborough, 1868-1922 -- Archives. Mayor, Harriet Randolph Hyatt, 1868-1960. Subjects Naturalists -- United States. Genres and Forms Articles Clippings Correspondence Manuscripts for publication Notebooks Photographs Sketchbooks Occupations Naturalists. Scientists. Administrative Information Preferred Citation http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/print/mayor_ag_prt.htn 3/7 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY (http://www.nypl.org/) ARCHIVES & MANUSCRIPTS (/) About Contact (/about)(/contacts/compose?collection_id=239&layout=true&org_unit_id=1 Digitized (/collection/digital) Alfred Marshall Mayer and Alfred Goldsborough Mayor papers 1864-1922 Creator Mayer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marshall), 1836-1897 (/controlaccess/360237 term=Mayer%2C+Alfred+M.+%28Alfred+Marshall%29%2C+1836-1897) Call number MssCol 1922 (http://catalog.nypl.org/record=b18753409) Physical description .58 linear feet (2 boxes) Preferred Citation Alfred Marshall Mayer and Alfred Goldsborough Mayor papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library Repository Manuscripts and Archives Division Access to materials Advance notice required. Request access to this collection. (/contacts/compose? collection_id=239&layout=true&mode=request&org_unit_id=1) Alfred Marshall Mayer was a noted American physicist born in Baltimore in 1836. His son, Alfred Goldsborough Mayor (1868-1922) was a noted marine zoologist and entomologist who changed the spelling of his last name to Mayor during World War I. Alfred Marshall Mayer's papers include correspondence, notes on physics and astronomy maintained as a student in Paris and as a teacher at Lehigh University and Stevens Institute of Technology. Material from Alfred Goldsborough Mayor includes academic papers, and notes on his studies at Harvard and on his expeditions to the Fiji Islands and the West Indies. Also included are drafts and colored illustrations for reports on zoology as director of the Totugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution, Tortugas, Florida KEY TERMS NAMES Mayer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marshall), 1836-1897 (/controlaccess/36023?term=Mayer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marshall), 1836-1897) Mayor, Alfred Goldsborough, 1868-1922 (/controlaccess/5187?term=Mayor, Alfred Goldsborough, 1868- 1922) Carnegie Institution of Washington. Tortugas Laboratory (/controlaccess/5176?term=Carnegie Institution of Washington. Tortugas Laboratory) Lehigh University (/controlaccess/5177?term=Lehigh University) Stevens Institute of Technology (/controlaccess/5178?term=Stevens Institute of Technology) SUBJECTS Marine biology -- Fiji (/controlaccess/5179?term=Marine biology -- Fiji) Marine biology -- West Indies (/controlaccess/5180?term=Marine biology -- West Indies) Physics -- Study and teaching (/controlaccess/5181?term=Physics -- Study and teaching) Zoological illustration (/controlaccess/5182?term=Zoologicali illustration) OCCUPATIONS Naturalists (/controlaccess/5184?term=Naturalists) Physicists /controlaccess/5185?term=Physicists) Zoologists (/controlaccess/5186?term=Zoologists MATERIAL TYPES Illustrations (/controlaccess/5183?term=Illustrations) USING THE COLLECTION LOCATION Manuscripts and Archives Division Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788 Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328 ACCESS TO MATERIALS Advance notice required. 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Review; Seafaring Scientist: Alfred Goldsborough Mayor, Pioneer in Marine Biology Posted on May 16, 2011 by Wyatt I just finished reading Seafaring Scientist, a great book by Lester Stephens doorLook INSIDE! and Dale Calder. If you love jellyfish, you MUST read this book. Alfred G. Scaficity Sciential Mayor published Medusae of the World in 1910, the first real reference for jellyfish of the world, still used today. In Seafaring Scientist you'll learn all Months about Mayor's life and his desire to advance our knowledge of the natural world. I love the descriptions of the marine biological laboratory on Loggerhead Key in the Dry Tortugas, the book left me with a desire to visit the Dry Tortugas and explore a place that Mayor saw as the best place to find and collect different medusae. In addition to the excellent descriptive writing, I learned a lot about the development of modern biology around Lester D. Stephens and Dale R. Calder the turn of the century. I believe this book contains unique information about Mayor and his colleagues that you might not find elsewhere or by just reading their published works. Being a professional jellyfish aquarist, I was excited to learn the reasoning for naming some species of jellyfish, often Mayor and his colleagues would name a jellyfish after a respected friend or mentor. The book also goes into detail about Mayor's own views of society, race, World War I and humanity. It is difficult to critique this book, but something I did want more of, were more examples of Mayor's fine color illustrations. In reading, I definitely agreed with Mayor's own view of Ernst Haeckel's illustrations being more works of art than scientific illustration. Mayor's illustrations were often done while the jellyfish were still alive, representing the natural color and form of the organisms. I encourage you to discover the world of Alfred G. Mayor in Seafaring Scientist About Wyatt I am a professional jellyfish aquarist in the public aquarium industry. I have worked in marine animal husbandry since the age of 17, it was my first job. love raising jellyfish, especially new species, and finding better ways of caring for them. Here, I hope to provide great ideas and product suggestions to help you create your own successful jellyfish displays. View all posts by Wyatt -> This entry was posted in Reviews Bookmark the permalink. Jellyfish Aquarist Proudly powered by WordPress http://www.jellyfishaquarist.com/review-seafaring-scientist-alfred-goldsborough-mayor-pioneer-in-marine-biology/ 1/1 9/7/2015 Popular Science Monthly/Volume 77/November 1910/Alexander Agassiz, 1835-1910 Wikisource, the free online library POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1910 ALEXANDER AGASSIZ, 1835-1910 By ALFRED GOLDSBOROUGH MAYER Spp. MARINE LABORATORY OF THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION, TORTUGAS, FLA. LEXANDER EMMANUEL RODOLPHE AGASSIZ, only son of Louis Agassiz, A was born at Neuchâtel, Switzerland, on December 17, 1835. The great English statistician Galton found that men who attain eminence in science are nearly always sons of remarkable women, and Alexander Agassiz was no exception to this rule. His mother was Cecile Braun, the daughter of the postmaster general of the Grand Duchy of Baden, who was a geologist of note and the possessor of the largest collection of minerals in Germany. Cecile Braun was a woman of culture and an artist of exceptional ability, and she was the first who labored to illustrate the early works of Louis Agassiz, some of the best plates in the "Poissons fossiles" being by her hand. Her brother, Alexander Braun, after whom her son was named, was a distinguished botanist and philosopher, and another brother, Max Braun, was an eminent mining engineer and geologist, and the director of the largest zinc mine in Europe. Thus we find that intellectual superiority was characteristic of both the paternal and maternal ancestors of Alexander Agassiz. After the birth of her son, sorrow came upon the family, for the heavy expenses demanded by the publication of Louis Agassiz's numerous elaborate monographs with their hundreds of illustrations had exhausted not only their author's means, but had drained the resources of the entire community of Neuchâtel in SO far as they could be enlisted for the cause of science. Thus in March, 1846, Louis Agassiz was forced to leave Neuchâtel, and to begin the long journey toward America, where he found a wider field for his great endeavors. Before his wife or children could follow him to his new home, she died in 1848 after a lingering illness. 4 20 THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY I cite these events because they show that the early youth of Alex- ander Agassiz was passed in a period of domestic confusion and sorrow which may have left its mark upon him throughout life, for his great self-reliance was a characteristic rarely developed in those whose early years have been free from care. Life was a severe struggle for him, and though his victories were great they were won after hard-fought battles. After the departure of his father from Neuch&tel Alexander re- mained with his mother throughout the period of her failing health, and after her death his father's cousin, Dr. Mayor, and the Reverend Marc Fivaz brought him to America, where he rejoined his father in America in June, 1849, and entered the Cambridge High School in the autumn of the same year. The earliest published picture of Alexander Agassiz is by his father's artist Dinkel and appears upon the cover of the first livraison of the " Histoire naturelles des Poissons d Eau douce de l'Europe Centrale " published in 1839. It shows him as a little boy of four years fishing upon the shore of the Lake of Neuch&tel. In early life Alexander exhibited his independence of character and incurred the Prussian governor's displeasure and his father's reproof through his willful neglect tps://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Popular_Science_Monthly/Volume_77/November_1910/Alexander_Agassiz,_1835-1916 2/18 Popular Science Monthly/Volume 77/November 1910/Alexander Agassiz, 1835-1910 - Wikisource, the free online library 9/7/2015 Popular Science Monthly/Volume 77/November 1910/Alexander Agassiz, 1835-1910 From Wikisource < Popular Science Monthly I Volume 77 | November 1910 THE % 1/18 N.S. 68 SCIENCE [VoL. LVI, No. 1438 (7/21/1922) tions of an organization adapted for such 00- of his numerous associates made at the Tortu- ordinate responsibility with the National Re- gas laboratory and during his expeditions else- search Council in designating electors, these are where are to be found in the publications of the essential: That it. shall represent the interest institution of the past two decades. involved, shall be permanent, shall be progres- A just estimate of the scientific work of sively adaptable to the evolution of its func- Mayor must be left to more competent hands, tion, shall be so organized as to perform this It is more fitting in a brief notice to call atten- function with a genuine interest and fore- tion to the characteristics he manifested as a thought, and shall command a position of rec- man among men. He possessed and practiced ognized dignity and integrity. in high degree four cardinal virtues of which C. E. SEASHORE the world at large is now in great need, namely, DIVISION OF ANTIROPOLOGY the virtnes of integrity, industry, reciprocity AND PSYCHOLOGY, and moral courage. Although of a distinctly NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL artistic and poetie temperament, he had unusual capacity to see and to understand realities. Few ALFRED GOLDSBOROUGH MAYOR among our contemporaries have understood so AMERICAN men of science have lost a highly well as he the arithmetical limitations, for ex- esteemed colleague and friend in the untimely ample, of the Carnegie Institution of Washing- death, at his laboratory at Tortugas, Florida, ton. Few men approach the problems of life on June 24, of Alfred Goldsborough Mayor. with the degree of insight and foresight he For about three years past he has been making brought to bear upon them. It is commonly a heroic struggle against a tubercular infection, held that men of science are incompetent in followed during the last winter by a severe fiscal affairs; but this is only an obscure way of attack of influenza, while he was at Tueson, stating the fact that men as a rule are inefficient Arizona; but the end came sooner than either in business. Mayor was a marked exception to the rule. Whatever he underlook was well he or his intimate associates anticipated. Mayor was born at Frederick, Maryland, considered and well executed, and it was never April 16, 1868. His early life was spent at essential to even suggest the aid of & public Maplewood, New Jersey, where his family lived auditor to interpret his accounts. His versa- while his distinguished father was professor of tility was equal to almost any emergency. He was equally at home in the navigation of a physies at Stevens Institute of Technology. ship, in the construction of a laboratory, in the His easy aptitude for learning in general doubtless led him to pursue a course of study delineation of the delicate tissues of a jelly-fish, and in his associations with the natives of the in that institute, and he was awarded the degree of mechanical engineer there in 1889. South Sea Islands. He accepted the situation, Later on he turned his attention to zoology and whatever it was, and without complaint sought pursued studies at Harvard University leading only to improve its conditions. Never aggres- sive but always persuasive, he was one of the to the degree of doetor of science in 1897. For most unselfish of men. In the conduct of his some years he was intimately associated with Professor Alexander Agassiz as a trusted as- laboratory and of his expeditions, his personal interests were the last to be considered. He sistant in the development of the museum of comparative zoology at Harvard and in the afforded a continuous example of the joy in life that comes from getting something worth while other fertile enterprises of Agassiz. From 1900 well done. He made it easy for, and a source to 1904 he was curator of the natural sciences of the highest pleasure to, his associates who of the museum of the Brooklyn Institute. Since worked with him. His normal span was cut 1904 he has been director of the department of marine biology of the Carnegie Institution of short by insidious disease, but he left an im- Washington, and the more important results pressive and inspiring record in the fields of altruistie endeavor. of his investigations, and of the investigations R. S. WOODWARD Science 9/7/2015 Seafaring Scientist THE UNIVERSITY OF 71 SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS Seventy-one Years of Publishing Excellence September 2015 ABOUT THE PRESS NEW TITLES Seafaring Scientist Serfaring Seiented Alfred Goldsborough Mayor, Pioneer in Marine Biology BESTSELLERS Lester D. Stephens and Dale R. Calder BOOKS ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA COMPLETE CATALOG The first biography of the renowned biologist, illustrating the thrills of his oceanic exploration and EBOOKS discoveries Lester D. Stephew and Date R. Calder POSTERS Infused with a hearty sense of adventure and zeal for discovery, Seafaring Scientist recounts the achievements of a giant in the field of marine biology. Alfred Goldsborough Mayor (1868- HOW TO ORDER 1922), a Harvard-trained marine biologist and close associate of Alexander Agassiz, founded and directed on behalf of the Carnegie Institution the first tropical marine biological laboratory in BIOGRAPHY MARINE FOR THE MEDIA the Western Hemisphere. Located on Loggerhead Key in the Gulf of Mexico, the Tortugas BIOGRAPHY HISTORY OF Laboratory under Mayor's leadership attracted some of America's most brilliant scientists. Mayor SCIENCE NEWS & EVENTS himself achieved international prominence in the field of biology for his authoritative work on 6 x 9 CONTACT US jellyfishes and coral reefs. 248 pages Lester D. Stephens and Dale R. Calder fill the gaps in the historical record about Mayor with this 36 illustrations SUBMISSION ISBN 978-1-57003-642-2 GUIDELINES first book-length account of his life and work. They detail Mayor's passion for biology, association with Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology, and rise to international paper, $29.95s HELP FAQ prominence in the scientific community. 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Written to appeal to the armchair explorer as well as the professional researcher, Seafaring Scientist captures the thrills of scientific quest and discovery as well as the trials of seeking support and recognition that defined the life of this extraordinary marine biologist. Professor of history emeritus at the University of Georgia, Lester D. Stephens is the author of numerous works on the lives and work of American naturalists, including Joseph LeConte, Gentle Prophet of Evolution and Science, Race, and Religion in the American South: John Bachman and the Charleston Circle of Naturalists, 1815-1895. Marine biologist Dale R. Calder is curator emeritus in the Department of Natural History at the Royal Ontario Museum; associate professor of zoology at the University of Toronto; a research associate of the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum, and Zoo; and has served for the past six years on the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. "I have stood on the ruins of Alfred Goldsborough Mayor's laboratory on remote Loggerhead Key, wondering, and now I know. This book fills a gap in American zoological history with an important and very interesting figure who will now receive the attention he deserves."- Edward O. Wilson, University Professor Emeritus, Harvard University "The most comprehensive volume to date on Alfred Goldsborough Mayor and his Tortugas Laboratory, Seafaring Scientist admirably reflects the expertise of its two authors-Lester Stephens, historian of American science, and Dale Calder, marine biologist. Their narrative flows along through a successful mix of historical facts and scientific observations as it introduces us not only to its principal subject but also to a host of other well-known scientists http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/books/2006/3642.html 1/2 9/7/2015 Seafaring Scientist whose lives and work intersected with those of Mayor. The volume resonates with ideas relevant to contemporary scientific inquiries-the low status of taxonomy, the premium on experimentation, biopolitics, and the power of the individual-and invites renewed appreciation for the accomplishments of Mayor and his peers."-Daphne G. Fautin, Professor and Curator, University of Kansas, Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology "This authoritative biography of Alfred Goldsborough Mayor is meticulously researched, impeccably written, and beautifully illustrated. Mayor, an internationally recognized expert on coral reefs, not only founded the first tropical marine research station in the Western hemisphere but wrote a three-volume masterpiece Medusae of the World. For rescuing him from historical oblivion, Stephens and Calder deserve our appreciation. M -Ronald L. Numbers, Hilldale Professor of the History of Science and Medicine, Department of Medical History and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin Copyright ©2013 The University of South Carolina Press http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/books/2006/3642.html 2/2 SEAFARING SCIENTIST Alfred Goldsborough Mayor, Pioneer in Serficing Scientist Marine Biology Alfred Goldsborough Mayor, Pioneer in Marine Biology Lester D. Stephens and Dale R. Calder Infused with a hearty sense of adventure and zeal for discovery, Seafaring Scientist recounts the achievements of a giant in the field of marine biology. Alfred Goldsbor- ough Mayor (1868-1922), a Harvard-trained marine biologist and close associate of Alexander Agassiz, founded and directed on behalf of the Carnegie Institution the first tropical marine biological laboratory in the Western hemisphere. Located on Loggerhead Key in the Gulf of Mexico, the Tortugas Laboratory under Mayor's leadership attracted some of America's most brilliant scientists. Mayor himself achieved international prominence in the field of biology for his authoritative work on jellyfishes and coral reefs. Lester D. Stephens and Dale R. Calder Lester D. Stephens and Dale R. Calder fill the gaps in the historical record about Mayor with this first book-length account of his life and work. They detail Mayor's passion for biology, association with Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology, Professor of history emeritus at the and rise to international prominence in the scientific community. Few field natural- University of Georgia, Lester D. ists could claim to have visited as many truly exotic locales as Mayor, who traveled Stephens is the author of numerous throughout the South Pacific and indeed around the world before returning to the works on the lives and work of Ameri- United States to establish a research station at Dry Tortugas in 1904. can naturalists. Illustrated with twenty-four black-and-white photographs as well as three diagrams and eight color illustrations drawn by Mayor, who was also a gifted artist, Seafaring Marine biologist Dale R. Calder is Scientist describes Mayor's determination to develop the Tortugas Laboratory despite curator emeritus in the Department daunting operational problems related to the remoteness of the site and its vulner- of Natural History at the Royal On- ability to hurricanes. Stephens and Calder enumerate the contributions made by tario Museum; associate professor of Mayor and other investigators at the outpost and discuss Mayor's monumental three- zoology at the University of Toronto; volume opus, Medusae of the World. a research associate of the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum, and Zoo. September 2006, 248 pages, 36 illus. Method of payment: Send me copy/copies Check or money order: (payable to USC Press in United States dollars) (pb, 1-57003-642-X, $24.95 each) Credit Card: Discover Mastercard Visa (cl, 1-57003-641-1, $54.95 each) Account number: Exp. Date SC residents add 6% sales tax Signature: Shipping and Handling* Name (please print): Phone: CODE AUTH Shipping Address: TOTAL *add $5.00 for first book, $2.00 for each additional book THE UNIVERSITY OF 718 Devine Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208 SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS 800-768-2500 Fax 800-868-0740 www.sc.edu/uscpress 9/7/2015 Alfred G. Mayer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alfred G. Mayer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alfred G. Mayer (Alfred Goldsborough Mayor; April 16, 1868 - June 24, 1922) was an American marine biologist and zoologist of German descent whose fascination with Medusae (Jellyfish) marked a turning point for Biology. Despite Mayor's interest in the sea, his first voyage began during his twenty-fourth year of life [2]. Because of his German 'heritage' it is quoted that, "[...] ]he altered it (his last name) to "Mayor" in order to dissociate himself from his Germanic roots" [1] Mayor is also greatly known for his many publications and papers in which he wrote about topics ranging from physics to hunting and fishing. Contents 1 Education 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Works 5 Species named after Mayer 6 References 7 External links Education Mayor was born in Frederick, Maryland. Dropping out from school at age sixteen, he began to work in a machinist's shop. To please the request of his father, Alfred enrolled in the Stevens Institute of Technology. After many years of physics-related work in several Universities, Mayor left his position to pursue a career in Natural History, a great interest of his. Professor Lucian I. Blake, one of Mayor's many mentors and professor of University of Kansas, stated that," [Alfred was] successful in Physics, his true taste and longings were toward natural history." Career Mayor's most recognized work originated from his work as a successful Marine Biologist. He published his first book about Jellyfish in 1910 titled Medusae of the World, which documented his many studies of species of jelly fish around the world. Personal life Mayor died in Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas, aged 54. Works Rhythmical pulsation in Scyphomedusae, 1906 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_G._Mayer 1/2 9/7/2015 Alfred G. Mayer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Medusae of the World, 1910 Species named after Mayer Ectopleura mayeri Petersen, 1990 Rissoina mayori Dall, 1925 Eutiara mayeri Bigelow, 1918 Melicertissa mayeri Kramp, 1959 Lobonema mayeri Light, 1914 Coeloseris mayeri Vaughan, 1918 Porites mayeri Vaughan, 1918 likely Gadila mayori Henderson, 1920 References 1. Seafaring Scientist by Lester D. Stephens and Dale R. Calder: published in 2006 (http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/books/2006/3642.html) 2. "The Code Online" (http://www.iczn.org/iczn/index.jsp). International Council of Zoological Nomenclature. External links Alfred Goldsborough Mayer on www.tmbl.gu.se Wikisource has original works written by or about: Alfred Goldsborough Mayer Wikispecies has information related to: Alfred G. Mayer (http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.m.html) Retrieved from"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred_G._Mayer&oldid=675378622" Categories: Zoologists with author abbreviations American entomologists Cnidariologists 1868 births 1922 deaths | American entomologist stubs This page was last modified on 10 August 2015, at 06:32. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_G._Mayer 2/2