Edmund Heller

Edmund Heller (May 21, 1875 – July 18, 1939) was an American zoologist. He was President of the Association of Zoos & Aquariums for two terms, 1935–1936 and 1937–1938.

Early life While at Stanford University, he collected specimens in the Colorado and Mojave Deserts in 1896–1897 before graduating with a degree in zoology in 1901.

Contributions In 1907, Heller was with Carl Ethan Akeley on the Field Columbian Museum's African expedition. On his return, he was appointed Curator of Mammals at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology of the University of California and participated in the 1908 Alexander Alaska Expedition. On his return from the expedition, he co-authored Life Histories of African Game Animals with Roosevelt. Heller also accompanied the Rainey African Expedition of 1911–1912 for the Smithsonian and led the Smithsonian Cape-to-Cairo Expedition of 1919–1920.

Heller also participated in explorations in Alaska with the Biological Survey, in Peru with Yale University and the National Geographic Society, in China with the American Museum of Natural History, and in Russia with Paul J. Rainey, official photographer to the Czech army in Siberia. the red-necked keelback (Rhabdophis subminiatus helleri), the Taita thrush (Turdus helleri), and the puna thistletail (Schizoeaca helleri).

Popular culture Heller, played by Paul Birchard, appears in the TV series The Young Indiana Jones in an episode featuring the Smithsonian African expedition (1909–1910).

Literature (Heller's field notebook). (Heller's field notebook).

Taxon described by him

Taxon named in his honor Rhabdophis helleri Anchoa helleri (Hubbs 1921) Hemibrycon helleri Eigenmann 1927 Sphyraena helleri Jenkins 1901