H. Harold Shamel

Henry Harold Shamel (26 June 1885–1963) was an American mammalogist.[1] George Henry Hamilton Tate named a species of bat after him, Shamel's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus shameli).[2]

Life

Shamel was born 26 June 1885 in Ellsworth County, Kansas. He was the sixth of eight children. His parents were Emily Almira Boileau and Joel Henry Shamel. He was a schoolteacher[3] before finding employment as a stenographer at St. John Mills in 1916.[4] In 1915, he took an examination to apply for a civil service position, receiving his assignment at the end of 1916.[4] He started working for the National Museum of Natural History beginning in 1917.[3] On 3 September 1937, Shamel was promoted to senior scientific aide in the National Museum's division of mammals.[5] Shamel retired from the National Museum in 1947 due to poor health. In his later life, he wrote a genealogical history of the Gabriel family, published in 1960.[3] He also authored Seeds of Time, A Story of the Ozarks, which was about his childhood.[6] Shamel died in 1963.[2]

Species described

References
  1. "Shamel, H. Harold". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  2. Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 374. ISBN 978-0-8018-9533-3.
  3. Shamel, H. H. (1960). A history of the Gabriel family of southern Pennsylvania and their descendants. pp. 123-124.
  4. "Received Civil Service Appointment". St. John Daily Capital and the County Capital. St. John, Kansas. 28 December 1916. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  5. United States National Museum (1937). Report on the Progress and Condition of the U.S. National Museum for the Year Ending June 30, 1938. p. 18.
  6. Morris Upton, Lucile (22 March 1963). "Over the Ozarks". The Springfield News-Leader. Springfield, Missouri. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
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