David Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was a leading ichthyologist (the study of fish), educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.
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Monuments and memorials
- NOAA research vessel David Starr Jordan [1]
- David Starr Jordan High School in Los Angeles, California
- David Starr Jordan High School in Long Beach, California
- David Starr Jordan Junior High School in Burbank, California
- Jordan Middle School in Palo Alto, California
- "Jordan River", a stream flowing through the Indiana University campus, and Jordan Hall, the biology building at IU
- Jordan Avenue in Bloomington
- Jordan Hall, a large classroom and academic building on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis
- Jordan Hall, home of the Psychology Department at Stanford University
Notable works
- Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United States (1876)
- Science sketches (1887)
- Fishes of North and Middle America (four volumes, 1896-1900)
- Animal Life: A First Book of Zoölogy (1900), with Vernon L. Kellog
- The Philosophy of Despair (1901)
- Food and Game Fishes of North America (1902), with B. W. Evermann
- Guide to the Study of Fishes (1905)
- Life's Enthusiasms (1906)
- Days of a Man (1922) - autobiography
- The Blood of the Nation
- War and Waste (1913)
- War's Aftermath (1914), with H. E. Jordan
- Ways of Lasting Peace
- Democracy and World Relations
- Imperial Democracy
- Shore Fishes of Hawaii
Eponymy
The genera Jordania Starks, 1895, Davidijordania Popov, 1931, and Jordanella Goode & Bean, 1879 are named after him.
Species named after him include:
- Agonomalus jordani Jordan & Starks, 1904.
- Agonomalus jordani Schmidt, 1904.
- Allocareproctus jordani (Burke, 1930).
- Astyanax jordani (Hubbs & Innes, 1936).
- Caelorinchus jordani Smith & Pope, 1906.
- Caulophryne jordani Goode & Bean, 1896.
- Chimaera jordani Tanaka, 1905.
- Charal, Chirostoma jordani Woolman, 1894.
- Jordan's tuskfish, Choerodon jordani (Snyder, 1908).
- Flame wrasse, Cirrhilabrus jordani Snyder, 1904.
- Smooth lumpfish, Cyclopteropsis jordani Soldatov, 1929.
- Diplacanthopoma jordani Garman, 1899.
- Mimic triplefin, Enneanectes jordani (Evermann & Marsh, 1899).
- Petrale sole, Eopsetta jordani (Lockington, 1879).
- Greenbreast darter, Etheostoma jordani Gilbert, 1891.
- Gadella jordani (Böhlke & Mead, 1951).
- Yellow Irish lord, Hemilepidotus jordani Bean, 1881.
- Brokenline lanternfish, Lampanyctus jordani Gilbert, 1913.
- Jordan's snapper, Lutjanus jordani (Gilbert, 1898).
- Shortjaw eelpout, Lycenchelys jordani (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907).
- Malthopsis jordani Gilbert, 1905.
- Gulf grouper, Mycteroperca jordani (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889).
- Neosalanx jordani Wakiya & Takahashi, 1937.
- Patagonotothen jordani (Thompson, 1916).
- Ptychidio jordani Myers, 1930.
- Northern ronquil, Ronquilus jordani (Gilbert, 1889).
- Shortbelly rockfish, Sebastes jordani (Gilbert, 1896).
- Jordan's damsel, Teixeirichthys jordani (Rutter, 1897).
- Jordan's sculpin, Triglops jordani (Schmidt, 1903).
References
- Edward McNall Burns, David Starr Jordan: Prophet of Freedom (Stanford, 1953)
- Alice N. Hays, David Starr Jordan: A Bibliography of His Writings 1871-1931 (Stanford, 1952)
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography.
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Preceded by Lemuel Moss
| President of Indiana University 1884–1891
| Succeeded by John Merle Coulter
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Preceded by None
| President of Stanford University 1891–1913
| Succeeded by John C. Branner
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