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Sep 20, 1894 Yonkers, New York, United States Died on 09 Dec 1940 (aged 46)
U.S. zoologist and herpetologist (1894–1940)
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About Gladwyn Kingsley Noble
- Gladwyn Kingsley Noble (September 20, 1894 – December 9, 1940) was an American zoologist who served as the head curator for the Department of Herpetology and the Department of Experimental Biology at the American Museum of Natural History.
- Noble received bachelor's and master's degrees from Harvard University in 1917 and 1918, respectively, and a Ph.D.
- from Columbia University in 1922.
- He joined the herpetology department in 1922 as a research assistant and assistant curator in 1917, and became the chairman of the department in 1924.
- He later formed the Department of Experimental Biology in 1928, and served as the chairman of both departments until his death in 1940 from Ludwig's angina.Noble is the taxon author of 20 new species of reptiles.
- A species of lizard, Anolis noblei, is named in his honor.
- Also, a subspecies of lizard, Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni noblei is named in his honor.
