Henry C. Kellers

Henry Carsten Kellers was an American United States Navy Lieutenant Commander who served on numerous scientific expeditions on behalf of the Smithsonian Institution. During his expeditionary career, he collected biological specimens for the Smithsonian, bringing back over 10,000 specimens, living and deceased, many which were held by the National Zoo in Washington, D.C..

Kellers was born in Charleston, South Carolina. After graduating from the Medical University of South Carolina, he became an orderly in 1903 after joining the United States Navy. Soon thereafter he became Assistant Surgeon, during World War I, Lieutenant in the Medical Corps in 1920, and by 1931 he was Lieutenant Commander. He was on the Retired List of Officers of the Navy in 1938, but then he was called back to active duty in 1939. He retired again in 1945. In 1954, he died of myocardial infarction at Naval Hospital Oakland in California and was subsequently buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery.

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