13 June 1890 – 26 December 1951
Born: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Died: Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
Occupation: Biologist. Psycologist. Malacologist. Assistant, Carnegie Museum, 1914-1916. Cold Spring Harbor, 1921-1926. Lecturer, Wagner Free Institute, Philadelphia, 1928. State Social Security Board, 1937-. Prof. Biology, numerous colleges.
Education: B.S. University of Pittsburgh, 1911; A.M., University of Pittsburgh, 1912; Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, 1919.
Societies / Service: Paleontological Society. Society of Zoology. Ecological Society. Botanical Society of America.
Travels: ??
Collection Deposition: ??
Research Interests: Unionids.
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.
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Partial Bibliography
Grier, N.M. 1918. New varieties of naiades from Lake Erie. Nautilus 32(1):9-12.
Grier, N.M. 1920. Variation in nacreous color of certain species of naiades inhabiting the Upper Ohio drainage and their corresponding ones in Lake Erie. American Midland Naturalist 6(10-11):211-243 + plates I & III; 6(11):247-285 + 3 plates.
Grier, N.M. 1920. Variation in epidermal color of certain species of najades inhabiting the upper Ohio drainage and their corresponding ones in L. Erie. American Midland Naturalist 6(11):247-285.
Grier, N.M. 1920. Sexual dimorphism and some of its correlations in the shells of certain species of najades. American Midland Naturalist 6(8):165-172.
Grier, N.M. 1920. Morphological features of certain mussel-shells found in Lake Erie, compared with those of the corresponding species found in the drainage of the Upper Ohio. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 13(1/2):145-182 + 2 Plates.
Grier, N.M. 1920. On the erosion and thickness of shells of the fresh-water mussels. Nautilus 34(1):15-22.
Grier, N.M. 1921. Notes on the naiad fauna of the Upper Mississippi River I: On the anatomy of Lampsilis higginsii Lea. Nautilus 34(3):80-81.
Grier, N.M. 1922. Final report on the study and appraisal of mussel resources in selected areas of the Upper Mississippi River. American Midland Naturalist 8(1):1-33 + 1 plate.
Grier, N.M. 1922. Observation on the rate of growth of the shell of lake dwelling fresh water mussels. American Midland Naturalist 8(6):129-148.
Grier, N.M. 1924. On the naiades of Long Island N.Y. Nautilus 37(3):95-96.
Grier, N.M. 1926. Report on the study and appraisal of mussel resources in selected areas of the Upper Mississippi River 1920-25. American Midland Naturalist 10(4-5):113-134.
Grier, N.M. 1926. Notes on the naiades of the Upper Mississippi River drainage: III. On the relation of temperature to the rhythmical contractions of the “mantle flaps” in Lampsilis ventricosa (Barnes). Nautilus 39(4):111-114.
Grier, N.M. 1927. Notes on the naiades of Long Island: II. Anodonta cataracta on Long Island. Nautilus 40(3):91-93.
Grier, N.M., and J.F. Mueller. 1922. Notes on the naiad fauna of the Upper Mississippi River. II. The naiades of the Upper Mississippi drainage. Nautilus 35(2):46-49.
Grier, N.M., and J.F. Mueller. 1923. Notes on the naiad fauna of the Upper Mississippi River. II. The naiades of the Upper Mississippi drainage. (cont.). Nautilus 36(3):96-103.
Grier, N.M., and J.F. Mueller. 1926. Further studies in correlation of shape and station in fresh water mussels. Bulletin of the Wagner Free Institute of Science 1(2/3):11-28.
Grier, N.M., and R.B. Tweedy. 1927. The fauna of the sandbars of the Upper Mississippi River. Bulletin of the Wagner Free Institute of Science 2(6):97-105.