Charles Henry Gilbert

Charles Henry Gilbert
Charles Henry Gilbert, about 1920
Born	(1859-12-05)December 5, 1859 Rockford, Illinois, US
Died	April 20, 1928(1928-04-20) (aged 68) Palo Alto, California, US
Alma mater	Butler University Indiana University
Scientific career
Fields	Ichthyology
Institutions	U.S. Fish Commission University of Cincinnati Indiana University Stanford University
Doctoral advisor	David Starr Jordan
Doctoral students	Joseph Grinnell Carl Leavitt Hubbs William Francis Thompson

Charles Henry Gilbert (December 5, 1859 in Rockford, Illinois – April 20, 1928 in Palo Alto, California) was a pioneer ichthyologist and fishery biologist of particular significance to natural history of the western United States. He collected and studied fishes from Central America north to Alaska and described many new species. Later he became an expert on Pacific salmon and was a noted conservationist of the Pacific Northwest. He is considered by many as the intellectual founder of American fisheries biology.^[1][2] He was one of the 22 "pioneer professors" (founding faculty) of Stanford University.