Alpheus hyatt verrill biography of michael smith

Alpheus Hyatt Verrill, known as Hyatt Verrill, was an American zoologist, explorer, inventor, illustrator and author. Hyatt Verrill wrote on a wide variety of topics, including natural history, travel, radio and whaling. He participated in a number of archaeological expeditions to the West Indies, South, and Central America. Theodore Roosevelt stated: "It was my friend Verrill here, who really put the West Indies on the map.

During he served as natural history editor of Webster's International Dictionary.

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In Verrill invented the autochrome process of natural-color photography. Among his writings are many science fiction works including twenty six published in Amazing Stories pulp magazines. Upon his death, P. Schuyler Miller noted that Verrill "was one of the most prolific and successful writers of our time," with books to his credit as well as "articles in innumerable newspapers.

Bleiler described Verrill's "lost race" stories as "more literate than most of their competition, but stodgy. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe. If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.

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