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Daniel Cady Eaton | |
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 Portrait of Eaton by George Rockwood, 1864 | |
| Born | September 12, 1834 |
| Died | June 29, 1895 (aged 60) |
| Education | Yale College Harvard University |
| Occupation(s) | Botanist, professor |
| Employer | Yale University |
Daniel Cady Eaton (September 12, 1834 – June 29, 1895)[1] was an American botanist and author. After studies at the Rensselaer Institute in Troy and Russell's military school in New Haven,[2] he gained his bachelor's degree at Yale College, then went on to Harvard University where he studied with Asa Gray. He then went to Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School in 1864, where he was a botany professor[3]: 8 and herbarium curator. Eaton is the grandson of Amos Eaton.[4]
He also worked in Utah, contributing to the US-Mexican Boundary Survey and various geological surveys.
Notable Publications
- Beautiful Ferns; from Original Water-Color Drawings after Nature. Paintings by C. E. Faxon and J. H. Emerton. New York: Nims & Knight, Troy. 1887 (c. 1885). 96 pp, 10 plates.
- Enumeration of the Ferns of Cuba and Venezuela. 1860.
- The Ferns of North America: Colored Figures and Descriptions, with Synonymy and Geographical Distribution, of the Ferns (Including the Ophioglossaceae) of the United States of America and the British North American Possessions. Volumes 1–2. 81 color plates by James H. Emerton and C. E. Faxon. Salem, Massachusetts: S. E. Cassino. 1877–1880. Folio.
- Systematic Fern List [Eastern North America]. 1880.
Partial list of species named by D. C. Eaton:
- Asplenium bradleyi
- Dryopteris clintoniana (as Aspidium cristatum var. clintonianum)
- Pellaea mucronata
- Woodsia scopulina
References
- ^ Find A Grave
- ^ "Daniel Cady Eaton", American Journal of Science, August 1895, p. 184.
- ^ Dingus, Lowell (2018). King of the Dinosaur Hunters : the life of John Bell Hatcher and the discoveries that shaped paleontology. Pegasus Books. ISBN 9781681778655.
- ^ Dupree, A. Hunter (1988). Asa Gray, American Botanist, Friend of Darwin. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-801-83741-8.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ International Plant Names Index. D.C. Eaton.
External links
- Daniel Cady Eaton papers (MS 581). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. [1]
- Works by Daniel Cady Eaton at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Daniel Cady Eaton at Internet Archive
- Digitised works and other sources of information on Daniel Cady Eaton in the Biodiversity Heritage Library
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