<div dir="ltr">Years ago, Ross Arnett published a directory of insect collectors. I think it last came out in the early 1980s. I'll bet some enterprising person could find a copy and turn it into a digital resource. But even then, it did not include deceased collectors. In an ideal world, it would be great to have such things at our fingertips, but it will eventually come along once most of the collections have their data online.<div><br></div><div>Mark</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 5:41 PM, Paul J. Morris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mole@morris.net" target="_blank">mole@morris.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 20:38:00 +0000<br>
"Shippee, Jodi" <<a href="mailto:Jodi.Shippee@vermont.gov">Jodi.Shippee@vermont.gov</a>> wrote:<br>
> Whenever a question like this comes up I wonder, isn’t there a shared<br>
> database of collector biographical data?<br>
<br>
</span>For botanists, there is the Harvard Index of Botanists, covering<br>
botanical Authors and botanical collectors:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_search.php?mode=details&id=176" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_search.php?mode=details&id=176</a><br>
<br>
Symbiota has support for the compilation of agent data pertinent to a<br>
given Symbiota instance, though the presentation isn't very pretty yet,<br>
and most Symbiota portals haven't populated these tables yet. For an<br>
example see:<br>
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__symbiota4.acis.ufl.edu_scan_portal_agents_agent.php-3Fagentid-3D410-26findobjects-3D1&d=AwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=6i4on5JE_qaR9OVdKFfhTxhReAK8B74uyhpfTpqYshE&s=ISS0Xa8an3QkS0QR-J6Ex8KQob8TL7xtQD1jy7pW4TI&e=" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__symbiota4.acis.ufl.edu_scan_portal_agents_agent.php-3Fagentid-3D410-26findobjects-3D1&d=AwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=6i4on5JE_qaR9OVdKFfhTxhReAK8B74uyhpfTpqYshE&s=ISS0Xa8an3QkS0QR-J6Ex8KQob8TL7xtQD1jy7pW4TI&e=</a><br>
<br>
VIAF, as you mention, is a very good source for information on<br>
scientists who are also authors.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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