Shapley, Harlow (1885-1972)
Harlow Shapley | |
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Born |
Nashville, Missouri | 2 November 1885
Died |
20 October 1972 Boulder, Colorado | (aged 86)
Nationality | United States |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
He was an astronomer with a lifetime interest in the study of ants.
Shapley’s alert and inquisitive nature led him to still other investigations on Mount Wilson. For example, he discovered a quantitative linear relation between temperature and the running speed of ants on the mountain, and he was always particularly proud of his five technical papers on ants in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Psyche, and Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. Altogether, during his seven years at Mount Wilson he published over 100 papers.
TAXONOMIC PUBLICATIONS
- Shapley, H. 1919. Notes on the Formicidae of Mount Wilson. Bull. Ecol. Soc. of America 5, 417-423