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Gustav Eisen worked at the California Academy of Sciences. He became a member of the Academy in 1874 and a Life Member in 1883. In 1893, he became the 'Curator of Archaeology, Ethnology, and Lower Animals' at the Academy. He later changed titles to 'Curator of Marine Invertebrates'. In 1938, he was appointed as an 'Honorary Member', which is considered the highest honor from the Academy.〔Gary C. Williams. 2007. History of Invertebrate Zoology at the California Academy of Sciences. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Volume 58, No. 12, pp. 197–239.〕 ==Biography== He was known to have diverse interests, including "art and art history, archeology and anthropology, agronomy and horticulture, history of science, geography and cartography, cytology, and protozoology, as well as marine invertebrate zoology" 〔Gary C. Williams. 2007. History of Invertebrate Zoology at the California Academy of Sciences. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Volume 58, No. 12, pp. 197–239.〕 A 2012 article in the San Francisco Chronicle describes him as, "One of those 19th century polymaths, Eisen also studied malaria-vector mosquitoes, founded a vineyard in Fresno, introduced avocados and Smyrna figs to California, campaigned to save the giant sequoias, and wrote a multivolume book about the Holy Grail." 〔Native worms outnumbered by worldly brethren Joe Eaton, Ron Sullivan Sunday, March 18, 2012〕 He is perhaps best known for his studies of oligochete worms and many species were named after him including those in the genus Eisenia Eisenia (annelid). In addition, he is considered to have been responsible for the introduction of the avocado and the smyrna fig to California and he wrote a detailed history of figs 〔Eisen, G. A. 1901. The fig: its history, culture, and curing, with a descriptive catalogue of the known varieties of figs.〕 He was a correspondent of Charles Darwin and his work was referenced by Darwin in ''The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms'' 〔(Google Book Image of The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms: by Charles Darwin )〕 Mt. Eisen, in the Sierra Nevada in California, was named after him.〔Ann-Lisa Måneskjöld-Lower. "Mount Eisen," Sequoia National Park, California: Final resting place of Dr. Gustavus Augustus Eisen〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gustav Eisen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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