The Biographical Dictionary of America/Bean, Tarleton Hoffman

​BEAN, Tarleton Hoffman, zoologist, was born at Bainbridge, Lancaster county, Pa., Oct 8, 1846; son of George and (Mary) Bean; and grandson of Barton Bean of Maryland. He was graduated from the state normal school, Millersville, Pa., in 1866, and from Columbian university, D.C., in 1876. He was actively connected with the United States fish commission from 1874, and was principal of Smyrna seminary, Del., 1870-'71, and of the high school of Wilkesbarre, Pa., 1872-'74. He was editor of the Proceedings and Bulletins of the United States national museum at Washington, D.C., 1878-'86; curator of the department of fishes at the United States national museum, 1880-'95; visited Alaska in 1880 to investigate the shore fisheries and again in 1889 to study and report on the salmon fishery; was editor of the Report and Bulletin of the United States fish commission at Washington, 1889-'92; assistant in charge of the division of fish culture of the United States fish commission, 1892-'95; and representative of the United States fish commission at the World's Columbian exposition in 1893, and at the Atlanta exposition in 1895. He was made director of the New York aquarium in ​1895, and was acting curator of fishes at the American museum of natural history in New York city in 1897. He was married to Laurette H. Van Hook of Washington, D.C., Jan. 1, 1878. He received the M.S. degree from Indiana university in 1883. In 1899 he was appointed director of the department of forestry, fisheries and the chase for the commissioner general of the United States to the Paris exposition of 1900. He is the author of "The Fishes of Pennsylvania," "The Salmon and Salmon Fisheries of Alaska." with Dr. G. Brown Goode, "Deep-sea Fishes of the Atlantic Basin, or Oceanic Ichthyology": and contributions to Forest and Stream, of which he was the editor of sea and river fishing.