Jane Stanford's Death
Alternative theory for the cause of Jane Stanford's death. (Besides her being poisoned)
What is heart failure?
What is eating too much gingerbread?
What is hysteria?
He was born in upstate New York in 1851. As a boy, he made maps, collected plants and studied the stars. He graduated from Cornell, taught for a time in Indiana, and catalogued thousands of fish species. In 1891, he landed at Stanford. His successful life was peppered by setbacks.
Who is David Starr Jordan?
The method David uses to display names on his specimens. He does this to avoid the names falling off as they have in previous events.
Believes that the best way to build a species is variation in genes. He warms against meddling in human genetics. He says that nature cares nothing for appearances.
Who is Darwin?
A book by Robert Cutler about the murder of Jane Stanford
What is "The mysterious death of Jane Stanford"?
Who is Lulu Miller?
The taxonomic term for a specimen that is first of its kind to be named and placed in a jar. If it is lost or damaged, you cannot simply place a new specimen into the jar to replace it.
What is holotype?
A book David wrote, warning about charity and helping the underprivileged.
What is "The Survival of the Un-fittest"?
The equivalent amount of money based on today's value of a dollar that David Starr Jordan spent to get Jane Stanford's body re-examined
What is $10,000?
David Starr Jordan's inspiration/role model in life. He believes that there is a ladder in nature, making humans better/more important than bacteria.
Who is Louis Agassiz?
A specimen chosen to serve as the physical representative of the species to act as a replacement for the original specimen. It is demoted to this lowly rank.
What is neotype?
The first state to legalize forced sterilization of the "unfit". This state was soon followed by Connecticut, Iowa and New Jersey.
What is Indiana?
The substance used to potentially poison Jane Stanford. The poison of Hollywood films, that can kill within 5 minutes of exposure.
What is Strychnine?
David Starr Jordan's age at the time of his youngest son Eric's death
What is 75 years old?
(Will accept 70-something)
The poison David Starr Jordan uses to kill fish that are evade capture. He describes it the bitterest thing in the world.
What is strychnine?
A village in Italian alps that David refers to as a "chamber of horrors". This village nags at David. He believed it to be a town full of degeneration containing a new species of man.
What is Aosta?
The doctor that was on scene during Jane's death
Who is Dr. Francis Humphris?
The year David Starr Jordan was born
What is 1851?
The fish that David Starr Jordan named after himself. The name translates to "Jordan of the No Corners".
What is Agnomalus jordani?
Said "the Germans are beating us at our own game" when discussing the nation wide sterilization law passed by Hitler.
Who is Joseph DeJarnette?