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James Fatherree
spent the first half of life in the Jackson, Mississippi,
area where he started keeping freshwater aquariums, lizards,
snakes, etc. at a single digit age. Then, after high school
he studied zoology and geology at Mississippi State University,
becoming a paleontologist with a strong interest in marine
invertebrates. Moving along, James went to graduate school
at the University of South Florida where he studied invertebrate
paleontology and earned an M.Sc. in geology. It was during
those college years that he became overwhelmed by a fascination
with marine fish and reef aquariums, and he's been hooked
on them ever since.
From high school to graduate school James
was also a soldier, initially serving in the Army Reserve
and then as a paratrooper in the 20th Army Special Forces
Group of the Mississippi National Guard. Since those days
he has worked as a diver/collector for marine livestock wholesalers
in the Tampa Bay area, managed a large marine aquarium retail
store, started and built (and then sold) a very successful
aquarium maintenance business, and started putting his knowledge
on paper to help others in the hobby. To date he has written
four books on the subject of marine aquariums, and has published
almost 50 articles in various magazines. He has also had over
1000 underwater and aquarium photographs published along with
these works.
Currently James is an Environmental Science
and Earth Science instructor at Hillsborough Community College
and is in his 6th year of teaching. Living in Tampa, he spends
his off-time fishing, diving, taking pictures, drinking Guinness,
going too fast on his motorcycle (but not when drinking the
Guinness), and of course, looking at his own aquariums.
For more information about James,
visit his personal site at
www.fatherree.com/james.
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