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Samuel Trevor Garman, or "Garmann" as he sometimes styled himself (1843-1927) was a
naturalistNatural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
/ zoologist from Pennsylvania. He became noted as an ichthyologist and herpetologist.
Garman was born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, on 5 June 1843. He studied under
Louis AgassizJean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was a Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist and a prominent innovator in the study of the Earth's natural history. He grew up in Switzerland and became a professor of natural history at University of Neuchâtel...
. In 1868 he joined an expedition to the American West with
John Wesley PowellJohn Wesley Powell was a U.S. soldier, geologist, explorer of the American West, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions...
. He was a friend and regular correspondent of the naturalist
Edward Drinker CopeEdward Drinker Cope was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist, as well as a noted herpetologist and ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker family, Cope distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested in science; he published his first scientific paper at the age of nineteen...
and in 1872 accompanied him on a fossil hunting trip to Wyoming. In 1873 he became assistant director of
herpetologyHerpetology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians and reptiles...
and
ichthyologyIchthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish. This includes skeletal fish , cartilaginous fish , and jawless fish...
at Harvard's
Museum of Comparative ZoologyThe Museum of Comparative Zoology, full name "The Louis Agassiz Museum of Comparative Zoology", often abbreviated simply to "MCZ", is a zoology museum located on the grounds of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is one of three museums which collectively comprise the Harvard Museum...
. His work was mostly in the classification of fish, especially sharks, but also included reptiles and amphibians. Harvard College awarded him
honorary degreeAn honorary degree or a degree honoris causa is an academic degree for which a university has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence, study, and the passing of examinations...
s for his scientific work, B.S. in 1898 and A.M. in 1899.