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David Humphreys Storer

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Nationality
  
American

Occupation
  
Physician

Name
  
David Storer


David Humphreys Storer

Born
  
March 26, 1804 (
1804-03-26
)
Portland, Maine

Spouse(s)
  
Abigail Jane Storer (nee Brewer)

Died
  
1891, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Children
  
Horatio Storer, Francis Humphreys Storer

Books
  
A Synopsis of the Fishes of North America

David Humphreys Storer (March 26, 1804—September 10, 1891) was an American physician and naturalist. He served as dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard Medical School from 1855-1864, and published on the reptiles and fishes of New England.

The colubrid snake genus Storeria is named in his honor.

References

David Humphreys Storer Wikipedia