摘要
Emeritus Professor David Wake,an American herpetologist at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology,University of California,Berkeley,died peacefully,at his home on Thursday,April 29,at Oakland,California.Born in Webster,South Dakota,Dave’s interest in nature was kindled by his mother,who taught biology at the local high school,and by his maternal grandfather,Henrik Martinus Solem,who was not only a Lutheran pastor.