Richard Ellis, who often found himself quoted on cryptozoology reality programming, died.
Richard Ellis was an American marine biologist, author, and illustrator. He was a research associate in the American Museum of Natural History’s division of paleontology, special adviser to the American Cetacean Society, and a member of the Explorers Club.
Despite no formal training in marine biology, painting or writing, his paintings have been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world, and his murals can be seen in the Denver Museum of Natural History, the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts, and Whaleworld, a museum in Albany, Western Australia. He has authored and illustrated more than two dozen books on marine life.
The New York Times on May 30, 2024, noted Michael S. Rosenwald:
“Richard Ellis, a polymath of marine life whose paintings, books and museum installations — especially the life-size blue whale at the American Museum of Natural History in New York — revealed the beauty and wonders of the ocean, died on May 21 in Norwood, N.J. He was 86.
His daughter, Elizabeth Ellis, said the cause of his death, at an assisted living facility, was cardiac arrest.”
The crypto wiki acknowledges Ellis interest in the field: “His interest in cryptozoology really began with the 1976 discoveries of the first Megamouth. He had just published The Book of Sharks when the new shark was discovered in Hawaiian waters. As soon as he heard about the founding of the (now defunct) International Society of Cryptozoology (ICS) from the shark researcher and cryptozoologist Eugenie Clark, Ellis joined.”
Patrick Huyghe, Loren Coleman, and other members were happy to see Richard Ellis attend the 1992 scientific conference at Rutgers University for the International Society of Cryptozoology.
His two most cryptozoological books are Monsters of the Sea (1994) and The Search for the Giant Squid (1998). They appeared in several editions.
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