Joseph Beal Steere

Joseph Beal Steere (9 February, 1842 - 7 December, 1940) was an American ornithologist.

Steere was born in Rollin, Michigan. He received a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1868 and a B. of Law in 1870. From 1870-1873 he travelled in South America, China and Taiwan. He went on another scientific expedition to the Philippines and the Moluccas from 1874-1875. He returned to Michigan to teach Zoology and was a professor of Zoology there from 1876-1893.

He married Helen Buzzard on 30 September 1879.

He took one final excursion in 1901, leading a group of students to the Amazon to collect specimens for the Smithsonian Institution.

Steere described a number of new birds. He is commemorated in the names of a number of birds, including Steere's Liocichla "Liochicla steerii", Wattled Broadbill "Eurylaimus steerii", Black-hooded Coucal "Centropus steerii" and Azure-breasted Pitta "Pitta steerii".

Publications

* Steere, J. B., 1903. Narrative of a visit to indian tribes of the Purus river, Brazil. "A. Rept. U. S. natl Mus.", Washington, D. C. 1903: 359-393.
* Steere, J. B., 1927. The archeology of the Amazon. "Univ. Michigan off. Publs 29" (9, Pt. 2): 20-26.
* Steere, J. B., 1949. Tribos do Purus. "Sociologia", São Paulo 11 (2): 64-78, 212-222.

References

* [http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/fmcollectors/S/SteereJB.htm Nationaal Herbarium Nederland]
* [http://academic.reed.edu/formosa/texts/steerebio.html Reed University]
* Hubbell, T. H., [1964] . The University of Michigan Beal-Steere Expedition, 1870-1875. Itinerary and chronology of Joseph Beal Steere's first expedition. [www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/birds/collcom.html] .
* Marquis, A. N., ed., 1918. "Who's who in America. A biographical dictionary of living men and women of the United States". Vol. 10. A. N. Marquis and Co., Chicago. p.2574.