Frederick A. Shannon

BIOGRAPHY

In 1939 , Shannon moved to Champaign, Illinois and began studying Zoology at the University Of Illinois , where he got a B.A. in Zoology in 1943 . He then started studying Medicine and got an M.D. in 1947 . He practised for one year at the St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona before going back to Illinois for some post-graduate Herpetology work. In 1949 he moved to Wickenburg, Arizona .

Between 1951 and 1953 , Shannon was sent as a Lieutenant to Korea , where he still found opportunities to collect many Reptile specimens. Back in the U.S. , he published many articles on poisonous Snake bites, ( Venomology ), and herpetology. From 1956 on, he collected specimens mainly in Mexico .

He died 1965 from the bite of a Mojave Rattlesnake he had attempted to catch.

Information About ™

Frederick A. Shannon

Information About ^{^™}