Eigenmann, Carl H., 1863-1927
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Name (Latin)
Eigenmann, Carl H., 1863-1927
Date of birth
1863-03-09
Date of death
1927-04-24
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Ancestry Library Edition database, March 2, 2026:(Carl H. Eigenmann; Carl J. Eigenmann (source: both forms of his name appear on the family tree); died April 25, 1927 (source: California Death Index, 1905-1939); born in Flehingen, Germany and resident of Bloomington, Indiana (source: daughter Adele's passport application from May 21, 1918, U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925))
- Dictionary of American biography, 1931:volume vi, title page (published by Charles Scribner's Sons under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies) page 62-63 (Carl H. Eigenmann; born on March 9, 1863 in Flehingen, Germany; died April 24, 1927 in Southern California; son of Philip and Margaretha (Lieb) Eigenmann; bachelor's degree (1882-1886), master's (1887), and Ph.D. (1889), Indiana University; professor of zoology affiliated with Indiana University (1891-1927); his middle initial did not stand for a name; his biography was written by his colleague George S. Myers)
- Carl Henry Eigenmann; born March 9, 1863 in Flehingen, Landkreis Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died April 24, 1927 (aged 64) in Chula Vista, San Diego County, California, USA; buried in Greenwood Memorial Park in San Diego, San Diego County, California; has a picture of his tombstone with his name as Carl H. Eigenmann, his birth year as 1863, and his year of death as 1927 ( (Find A Grave website, March 2, 2026:) )
- presented by Leonhard Stejnegger to the Academy at the annual meeting, 1937; pages 305-336 (Carl H. Eigenmann was born on March 9, 1863 in Flehingen, a small village near Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany; died April 24, 1927 at a private hospital at Chula Vista in San Diego County; son of Philip and Margaretha (Lieb) Eigenmann; according to Dictionary of American Biography, "Eigenmann's middle initial did not stand for a name"; when fourteen years old he came to Rockport, southern Indiana, with an immigrant uncle and worked his way upward through the local school; ichthyologist; zoology was the passion of his life; began his studies at the Indiana University 2 years after coming to the United States; married Rosa Smith (who was already becoming known as a competent ichthyologist by her papers on west coast fishes) on August 20, 1887 in San Diego; specialist in the great family of the Characidae; professor of zoology at Indiana University in Bloomington; bachelor's degree (1886) and Ph.D. (1889), Indiana University; became a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1923 ( (National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America biographical memoirs, volume xviii, thirteenth memoir, Biographical memoir of Carl H. Eigenmann, 1863-1927:) )
- Carl Eigenmann is buried in their cemetery ( (Phone call from Greenwood Memorial Park (San Diego, San Diego County, California), March 4, 2026:) )
- page 35-46 (Carl H. Eigenmann; born March 9, 1863 in Flehingen, Germany; died April 24, 1927 in San Diego, California; professor of zoology at Indiana University (1891-1927); dean of the Graduate School at Indiana University from the time of its organization in 1908; founder and director of the Biological Station from its beginnings in 1895; notable for his work on the segregation of the sex cells of Cymatogaster, his work on the blind vertebrates of North America, and his studies on the fishes of South America; was a member of the National Academy of Sciences; author of several works including Cave vertebrates of America (1909) and Leuciscus Balteatus (Richardson) (1895) ( (Proceedings of the forty-third annual meeting of the Indiana Academy of Science, volume 37, 1927:) )
- The Bloomington Telephone (historical daily newspaper in Bloomington, Indiana), Monday, April 25, 1927:front page article (Dr. Carl H. Eigenmann; died on Sunday (April 24th) at the age of 64; born 1863 in Flehingen, Germany; bachelor's degree (1882-1886), master's (1887), and Ph.D. (1889), Indiana University; became professor of zoology affiliated with Indiana University beginning in 1891 and was the dean of the graduate school in 1908; curator of fishes at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh (1909-1918); founder and director of the Indiana University biological station at Winona Lake (1895-1920); survived by Mrs. Rosa Smith Eigenmann (married August 20, 1887 in San Diego); one son, Theodore, and four daughters, Thora, Adele, Rosa and Charlotte)
- nuc89-16451: His Cave vertebrates of America [MI] 1909(hdg. on CSt rept.: Eigenmann, Carl H., 1863-1927; usage: Carl H. Eigenmann)
- Eigenmann, Carl H. Leuciscus Balteatus (Richardson), 1895:t.p. (Carl H. Eigenmann)