Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer, CNRS and Sorbonne Université UMR 7093, Station Zoologique, Villefranche-sur-Mer 06230, France.
Eur J Protistol. 2022 Aug;85:125907. doi: 10.1016/j.ejop.2022.125907. Epub 2022 Jul 2.
Science in general, and microscopy in particular, lagged far behind Europe in early 19th century America. Jacob Bailey was one of the very few American microscopists. In eulogies he was called 'the Ehrenberg of America' and 'the founder of microscopical research'. He was a major figure in the scientific community of America in his time and instrumental in promoting microscopy and the study of microscopic organisms. His name maybe familiar to specialists who focus on diatoms, foraminifera, or radiolaria. However, Bailey's important contributions to protistology have received very little attention and he is rarely mentioned in histories of protistology. Here Jacob Bailey's life, his protistological works, as well as his roles in the development of microscopy in America and the 19th century debate over life in the deep sea, are reviewed.
一般来说，科学，特别是显微镜学，在 19 世纪早期的美国远远落后于欧洲。雅各布·贝利是为数不多的美国显微镜学家之一。在悼词中，他被称为“美国的埃伦伯格”和“显微镜研究的奠基人”。他是当时美国科学界的重要人物，对显微镜和微观生物的研究起到了推动作用。他的名字可能为专注于硅藻、有孔虫或放射虫的专家所熟悉。然而，贝利对原生动物学的重要贡献几乎没有得到关注，在原生动物学的历史中很少被提及。本文回顾了雅各布·贝利的生平、他的原生动物学著作，以及他在美国显微镜发展和 19 世纪深海生命辩论中所扮演的角色。
