Alfred Cleveland Weed

Alfred Cleveland Weed was an American ichthyologist, known for expeditions to the Arctic, where he catalogued the region's fish.^[1][2]

Alfred Weed
Born	1881 (1881) North Rose, New York
Died	1953 (aged 71–72)
Nationality	United States
Other names	Alfred Cleveland Weed Alfred C. Weed
Occupation	ichthyologist
Known for	Catalogued Arctic fish

Alfred C. Weed, with rock cod, during an expedition to the Arctic, in 1931.

Weed was born in North Rose, New York, and earned his bachelor's degree at Cornell University.^[1]

He was hired as assistant curator of the Field Museum of Natural History in 1921.^[2] By his retirement, in 1942, he was serving as full curator of the Fishery department.^[3]

He made multiple scientific field trips to Labrador and Greenland in the 1920s and 1930s.^[1]