List of Famous Ichthyologists - Biographies, Timelines, Trivia & Life History

Birthdate: January 19, 1851

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Gainesville (village), New York

Died: September 19, 1931

Remembered as the first president of the Leland Stanford Junior University, now known as Stanford University, David Starr Jordan was a reputed ichthyologist. An anti-war activist, too, who opposed America’s participation in World War I, he spent his later years as the chief director of the World Peace Foundation.