\nList of Expeditions (Smithsonian and Non-Smithsonian), 1849-1877<\/a><\/p>\nHe also submitted specimens to the National Anthropological Archives<\/p>\n
United States Army Medical Museum Anatomical Section, Records Relating to Specimens Transferred to the Smithsonian Institution<\/p>\n
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VOL. XVIII.
\nSMITHSONIAN
\nVOL. xviir.
\nWASHINGTON: PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. <\/p>\n
JUDD A DETWEILER, PUINTKUS.
\nWASHINCTON, D. C. <\/p>\n
VI CONTENTS. <\/p>\n
Eulogies and Biographical Sketches : <\/p>\n
Page, <\/p>\n
G. Wurdemann, by A. D. Bache 164 <\/p>\n
164 BOARD OF REGENTS. <\/p>\n
The Secretary brought before the Board the subject of the pay of the assistants; which, after some remarks, was referred to the Secretary and the Executive Committee<\/p>\n
Professor Bache made the following remarks: <\/p>\n
Mr. Gustavus Wurdemann, in charge of the tidal observations of the Coast Survey
\non the Florida reefs and Gulf of Mexico, died at his home in New Jersey on the 80th
\nof September. His health had been failing for some years, and during the last year
\nhe had discharged his duties with great difficulty, owing to great physical debility.
\nMr. Wurdemann entered the survey under my predecessor, and served throughout a
\nsomewhat extended career, with a fidelity and singleness of purpose that has never
\nbeen exceeded. Exact truthfulness was the leading trait of his character, and his
\nobservations, even the most minute, were always reliable. It is easily seen that it is
\nno exaggeration to say that such a man was invaluable in his place, and an example
\nworthy to be held up as the type of faithfulness. During the discharge of his labo-
\nrious duties he found time and opportunity to make collections in natural history,
\nwhich have been acknowledged by the Smithsonian Institution as among the most
\nvaluable contributions to the knowledge of the fauna of Florida. <\/p>\n
On motion of Professor Bache, the following resolution was unanimously adopted : <\/p>\n
Resolved That the Eegents of the Smithsonian Institution have learned with regret
\nthe decease of Gustavus Wurdemann, tidal observer in the Coast Survey, whose col-
\nlections of specimens from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, and especially of the
\nbirds of Florida, liberally furnished to the Smithsonian Institution, have proved of
\ngreat importance in increasing our knowledge of the natural history of the southern
\npart of tne United States. <\/p>\n
Resolved That this resolution be communicated to the widow of Mr. Wurdemann. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd another reference to his work at coastal survey:<\/p>\n
THE COAST SURVEY 1807-1867<\/p>\n
21. In referring to Wurdemann, who made a profession of observing tides, and another Gulf Coast observer, Superintendent Bache remarked: “The observations were made day and night, hourly for a year, with exceedingly rare omissions … with a degree of faithfulness which merits very great praise. The observers were Messrs. Gustavus Wurdemann and R. T. Bassett….” There are numerous references to Gustavus Wurdemann throughout annual reports which remarked upon his faithfulness and attention to detail in accumulating tidal and meteorological data. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gustavus Wurdemann was commissioned by the Smithsonian Institute to perform coastal surveys in Texas, Louisiana, and Florida. United States Coastal Survey. 1854-1858<\/p>\n
List of Expeditions (Smithsonian and Non-Smithsonian), 1849-1877<\/p>\n
He also submitted specimens to the National Anthropological Archives<\/p>\n
United States Army Medical Museum Anatomical Section, Records Relating to Specimens Transferred to the Smithsonian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[123,164,127,112,116,133,129,132,37,159,161,137,139,136,138,141,113,128,117,140,118,115,110,135,114,111,163,122,125,131,119,160,49,121,124,130,126,120,142,158,162,134,9],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-annual-reports","tag-army-medical-museum","tag-attention-to-detail","tag-bache","tag-bassett","tag-biographical-sketches","tag-birds-of-florida","tag-board-of-regents","tag-coast-survey","tag-coastal-survey","tag-coastal-surveys","tag-debility","tag-decease","tag-detweiler","tag-eulogies","tag-exaggeration","tag-faithfulness","tag-florida-reefs","tag-gulf-coast","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-gustav","tag-gustave","tag-gustavus","tag-lections","tag-messrs","tag-meteorological-data","tag-national-anthropological-archives","tag-observers","tag-profession","tag-singleness-of-purpose","tag-smithsonian","tag-smithsonian-institute","tag-smithsonian-institution","tag-specimens","tag-superintendent","tag-tidal-observations","tag-tide","tag-tides","tag-truthfulness","tag-united-states-army","tag-united-states-army-medical","tag-vol-xviii","tag-wurdemann"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wurdemann.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wurdemann.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wurdemann.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wurdemann.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wurdemann.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/wurdemann.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144,"href":"https:\/\/wurdemann.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wurdemann.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wurdemann.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wurdemann.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}