KANAKOFF, George P.

From Islapedia
George P. Kanakoff (far left) Long Beach, CA,
Pier 1, Berth 50, July 21, 1939
George Kanakoff on the beach at
San Miguel Island, 1939
Photo courtesy of LACM.

KANAKOFF, George P. (1897-1973)[SS#547-12-6843], Russian-born California collector on various Channel Islands who later became curator of invertebrate paleontology at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. He participated in the Los Angeles Museum Channel Islands Biological Survey (1939-1941), and collected a variety of specimens on the California Channel Islands. In 1961 at age 64, Kanakoff became the second husband of Ruthe Geraldine Pearl Harris (1922-2003), 38, in Los Angeles. Kanakoff died on March 12, 1973 and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Los Angeles.


Kanakoff collected on seven of the eight California Channel Islands:


  • 1950. George P. Kanakoff. Contributions from the Los Angeles Museum-Channel Islands Biological Survey. 34. Some Observations on the Land Snails of San Clemente Island. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 49:79-89, September-December, 1950 (Part 3). Stapled wraps.
[original in SCIF archives]


ANACAPA ISLAND

3/21,25/1940 LACM entomology 8/20/1940 plants where?


ISLAND COLLECTOR INSTITUTION DATE NUMBER SPECIMEN
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-558 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-559 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-560 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-561 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-562 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-563 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-564 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-565 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-566 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-567 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-568 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-569 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-570 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-571 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-572 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-573 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-574 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-575 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-576 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-577 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-578 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-579 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps
Anacapa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 29, 1940 LACM-580 Batrachoceps pacificus Herps


SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND

11/30/1939 LACM entomology


ISLAND COLLECTOR INSTITUTION DATE NUMBER SPECIMEN
San Clemente Island George P. Kanakoff LACM November 18, 1939 LACM-031115 Felis Mammals


San Nicolas Island

SAN NICOLAS ISLAND

4/13,15,24,25/1940 LACM entomology

11/23,25/1940 LACM entomology


ISLAND COLLECTOR INSTITUTION DATE NUMBER SPECIMEN
San Nicolas Island George P. Kanakoff LACM July 27, 1939 LACM-3269 Xantusia riversiana Herps
San Nicolas Island George P. Kanakoff LACM December 3, 1940 LACM-3270 Xantusia riversiana Herps
San Nicolas Island George P. Kanakoff LACM December 11, 1940 LACM-3271 Xantusia riversiana Herps
San Nicolas Island George P. Kanakoff LACM December 11, 1940 LACM-3272 Xantusia riversiana Herps
San Nicolas Island George P. Kanakoff LACM December 11, 1940 LACM-3273 Xantusia riversiana Herps
San Nicolas Island George P. Kanakoff LACM December 11, 1940 LACM-3274 Xantusia riversiana Herps
San Nicolas Island George P. Kanakoff LACM December 15, 1940 LACM-87219 Larus californicus Birds


SANTA BARBARA ISLAND

SANTA CATALINA ISLAND

1941 LACM birds



SANTA CRUZ ISLAND

8/12, 14, 18/1939 LACM herps

3/27/1941 LACM herps


SANTA ROSA ISLAND

8/8/1939 LACM herps 3/17/1941 LACM herps 3/30/1941 LACM entomology 4/6/1941 LACM entomology 12/12/1941 LACM herps


ISLAND COLLECTOR INSTITUTION DATE NUMBER SPECIMEN
Santa Rosa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 8, 1939 LACM-7351 Elgaria multicarinata Herps
Santa Rosa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 8, 1939 LACM-7352 Elgaria multicarinata Herps
Santa Rosa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 8, 1939 LACM-7353 Elgaria multicarinata Herps
Santa Rosa Island George P. Kanakoff LACM August 8, 1939 LACM-7354 Elgaria multicarinata Herps




In the News~

July 22, 1939 [SBNP]: “Scientists sail for San Nicolas. The story of Juana Maria, the Indian woman who lived alone on San Nicolas Island for 18 years, is recalled with word that an expedition sailed from San Pedro yesterday for the Santa Barbara Channel to seek the home of the ‘female Robinson Crusoe of the Pacific.’ The story of Juana Maria is one of the most curious in all the history of this region. When the Indians were removed from the island to the mainland following an epidemic in 1835, Juana Maria was left behind. The story has it that she left the boat to find her baby and the boat sailed without her. The baby died, but Juana Maria lived there alone for 18 years, catching fish and birds for her food. She was taken off the island by the late Captain Nidever of Santa Barbara, a sea otter hunter and trapper, who brought her to his Santa Barbara home, but she died soon after. The expedition is led by Arthur Woodward, director of history and anthropology at the Los Angeles museum, and includes Captain C. H. Groat, Don Meadows, Jack Von Bloeker, M. B. Dunkle, Lloyd Martin, George Kanakoff, Russell Spring and Jewel Lewis.”


March 16, 1940: “Expedition 7. March 16 to 23, 1940, Santa Barbara Island, Santa Barbara County, California. Transportation to and from the island was furnished by the California Fish and Game Commission, the trips being made in the Yellowtail, with Captain E. R. Hyde in command. The field party included M. B. Dunkle, botanist; George P. Kanakoff, invertebrate zoologist; Lloyd Martin, entomologist; Don Meadows, entomologist, and Russ Sprong, cook. Jack Von Bloeker accompanied the party on the outgoing trip, and made a short stop at Johnson’s Harbor, Catalina Island, where a small collection of insects was obtained on March 16…” Comstock, John A. Brief notes on the expeditions conducted between March 16, 1940 and December 14, 1941. Contributions from the Los Angeles Museum Channel Islands Biological Survey. Bulletin of the So. Cal. Acad. Sciences XLV, May-August, 1946, Part 2.


February 2, 1941 [SBNP]: “An eight-week expedition to the Channel Islands off the southern California coast to search for biological specimens will be undertaken on February 14 by a group of scientists from the Los Angeles County Museum. The party will be headed by Dr. John A. Comstock, director of history at the museum, and will include George Willett, ornithologist, Lloyd Martin, entomologist; George P. Kanakoff, invertebrate zoologist, and Jack C. Von Bloeker, mammalogist. Permission for the expedition was granted recently by the Board of Supervisors. The party will spend a week on each of the eight islands, gathering specimens, and will return to the mainland April 11.”

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