Addison Emery Verrill (1839–1926)

American zoologist. Graduated from Harvard (Lawrence Scientific School) in 1862; assistant to Louis Agassiz in the Museum of Comparative Zoology until 1864. Professor of zoology, Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University, 1864–1907. Superintended dredgings of the United States Fish Commission, 1871–88. Did extensive work as a systematic zoologist of marine invertebrates.