BEAN, Tarleton Hoffman, American ich thyologist: b. Bainbridge, Pa., 8 Oct. 1846, M.E., State Normal School, Millersville, Pa., 1866; M.D., Columbian (now George Washing ton) University, 1876; M.S., Indiana University, 1883. He was curator of the department of fishes United States National Museum, 1880— 95; director of the New York Aquarium, 1895— 98; and subsequently State fish culturist of New York from 1906. He was editor of the Pro ceedings and Bulletins of the United States National Museum, Washington, 1878-86, and of the 'Report and Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission,' Washington, 1889— 92; was assistant in charge of the division of fish culture in the United States Fish Commis sion, 1892-95; acting curator of fishes at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1897. In 1893 he represented the United States Fish Commission at the World's Colum bian Exposition, and in 1895 at the Atlanta Exposition. In 1899 he was appointed director of forestry and fisheries of the United States Commission to the Paris Exposition of 1900, and chief of the departments of fish, game and forestry at the Saint Louis Exposition, 1902— 05. He was made chevalier, Legion of Honor
and officer of Merite Agricole, France; knight of the Imperial Order of the Red Eagle, Ger many; Order of the Rising Sun, Japan; ber of the American Forestry Association and the American Fisheries Society, also member of the Danish Fisheries Society, and the Bio logical Society of Washington. His publications include 'The Fishes of Pennsylvania' (1893) ; 'The Salmon and Salmon Fisheries); 'Oceanic Ichthyology> (with late George Brown Goode) (1896) • 'The Fishes of Long Island' (1902); 'The White World' (part author), (1902) ; 'The Food and Game Fishes of New York' (1903) ; 'The Basses, Fresh-water and Marine' (part author), (1905) •, 'The Fishes of Ber muda' (1906). He also contributed articles to Forest and Stream.