Huntsman, Archibald Gowanlock

  • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: See full biography at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Gowanlock_Huntsman
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    • Archibald Gowanlock Huntsman (November 23, 1883 – August 8, 1973) was a Canadian academic, oceanographer, and fisheries biologist. He is best known for his research on Atlantic salmon and inventing the fast freezing of fish filletsin 1929.
    • Born in Tintern, Ontario, the son of Lution Erotas Huntsman and Elizabeth Gowanlock Huntsman, Huntsman attended St. Catharines Collegiate Institute before receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1905. He then studied medicine receiving his Bachelor of Medicine degree in 1907. He would not practice medicine and received an honorary M.D. degree from the University of Toronto in 1933.
    • In 1907, he joined the Department of Zoology of the University of Toronto as a lecturer. In 1917, he was appointed an associate lecturer and was appointed a professor of marine zoology in 1927. He retired in 1954.
    • In 1911, he was appointed Curator at St. Andrews Biological Station in New Brunswick, and became its permanent curator in 1915, following his intensive participation in the Canadian Fisheries Expedition of 1914-15.
    • From 1924 to 1928 Huntsman was also Director of the Fisheries Experimental Station in Halifax, while continuing his directorship at St. Andrews and his teaching at the University of Toronto. Notably while here, he personally pursued the invention and introduction of fast frozen fish fillets (named Ice Fillets) for the Toronto market, beating Clarence Birdseye in the race to market fast-frozen fish.
    • He was president of the Royal Society of Canada from 1937 to 1938. In 1952, he was awarded the Flavelle Medal. In 2000, Canada Post issued a 46 cent postage stamp in his honour with the title “Dr. Archibald Gowanlock Huntsman: The Fisherman’s Friend”.
    • In 1980, the A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences was established by the Canadian marine science community to recognize excellence of research and outstanding contributions to marine sciences. It is presented annually by the Royal Society of Canada in a ceremony at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography. The award honours marine scientists of any nationality who have had and continue to have a significant influence on the course of marine scientific thought.
  • Third Great Grandfather of Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=2282
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