17 May 1804 – 16 October 1877
Born: Providence, Rhode Island.
Died: Cambridgeport, Massachusetts.
Occupation: Accountant, Insurance Agent, Conchologist; Assistant, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard, 1863-1877.
Contributor: Boston Journal of Natural History; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia; Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History, N.Y.; American Journal of Conchology.
Research Interests: Unionidae, Pleuroceridae. Thayer Expedition to Brazil, 1865.
Data from: Abbott, R.T., and M.E. Young (eds.). 1973. American Malacologists: A national register of professional and amateur malacologists and private shell collectors and biographies of early American mollusk workers born between 1618 and 1900. American Malacologists, Falls Church, Virginia. Consolidated/Drake Press, Philadelphia. 494 pp.
Other References: Turner, R.D. 1946. John Gould Anthony with a bibliography and catalogue of his species. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 1(8):81-108.
Published 16 papers on mollusks, 1840-1866
Partial Bibliography
Anthony, J.G. 1840. Descriptions of three new species of shells. Boston Journal of Natural History 3(3):278-279 + 1 plate.
Anthony, J.G. 1841. On the byssus of Unio, with notes by J.E. Gray, esq. Annals of Natural History 6:77.
Anthony, J.G. 1843. List of the land and fresh-water shells found chiefly in the vicinity of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1842. Cincinnati, Ohio. 2nd edition.
Anthony, J.G. 1844. [Collection of the terrestrial and fluviatile shells of Ohio.] Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2(1):6-7.
Anthony, J.G. 1865. Descriptions of new species of North American Unionidae. American Journal of Conchology 1(2):155-164 + 5 plates.
Anthony, J.G. 1865. Descriptions of two new species of Monocondylaea. American Journal of Conchology 1(3):205-206 + 1 plate.
Anthony, J.G. 1865. Descriptions of new species of shells. American Journal of Conchology 1(4):351 + 1 plate.
Anthony, J.G. 1866. Descriptions of new American fresh water shells. American Journal of Conchology 2(2):144-147 + 2 plates.