John Shrader Garth (1909–1993) was a 20th-century American naturalist and professor who specialized in marine crustaceans and butterflies.Zsa Zsa Gershick, "Biologist, Explorer John Garth Dies", USC News, January 10, 1994. The crab genus Johngarthia is named for him.Mary K. Wicksten, Joel W. Martin, J. Antonio Baeza, "John Shrader Garth 3 October 1909–18 October 1993", Journal of Crustacean Biology, Volume 26, Issue 2, April 1, 2006, Pages 262–266, https://doi.org/10.1651/S-2688.1.
Marriage, family, and later life Garth married Isla Lora Detter in 1940. They had one child, daughter Linda Jean, born January 16, 1945. Linda Jean died suddenly on October 20, 1967. She was not married and had no children. John Garth died October 18, 1993, at his home in Long Beach. Isla Garth died in 2007.Obituary, Isla Lora Detter Garth.
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