H. Harold ShamelHenry Harold Shamel (26 June 1885–1963) was an American mammalogist.[1] George Henry Hamilton Tate named a species of bat after him, Shamel's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus shameli).[2] LifeShamel was born 26 June 1885 in Ellsworth County, Kansas. He was the sixth of eight children. His parents were Emily Almira Boileau and Joel Henry Shamel. He was a schoolteacher[3] before finding employment as a stenographer at St. John Mills in 1916.[4] In 1915, he took an examination to apply for a civil service position, receiving his assignment at the end of 1916.[4] He started working for the National Museum of Natural History beginning in 1917.[3] On 3 September 1937, Shamel was promoted to senior scientific aide in the National Museum's division of mammals.[5] Shamel retired from the National Museum in 1947 due to poor health. In his later life, he wrote a genealogical history of the Gabriel family, published in 1960.[3] He also authored Seeds of Time, A Story of the Ozarks, which was about his childhood.[6] Shamel died in 1963.[2] Species describedReferences
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