Henry Bryant Bigelow (October 3, 1879 – December 11, 1967) was an American oceanographer and marine biologist.
Bigelow accompanied Agassiz on several major marine science expeditions including one aboard the Albatross in 1907.
[5] The Henry Bryant Bigelow Medal in Oceanography is awarded by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to honor "those who make significant inquiries into the phenomena of the sea".
He was honored by the naming of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow (R 225).
See Category:Taxa named by Henry Bryant Bigelow Some 26 species and two genera (Bigelowina, stomatopods in family Nannosquillidae, and Bigelowiella, protists in family Chlorarachniophyte) are named after him, including [8] Bigelow's ray, Rajella bigelowi , and Etmopterus bigelowi, a lantern shark.