Ferdinand Gayden ( born Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden ; September 7, 1829 - December 22, 1887 ) is an American geologist and traveler.
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| Date of Birth | September 7, 1829 |
| Place of Birth | Westfield ( Massachusetts ) |
| Date of death | December 22, 1887 (58 years old) |
| Place of death | Philadelphia |
| A country | USA |
| Scientific field | geology |
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The author of the names of a number of botanical taxa . In the botanical ( binary ) nomenclature, these names are supplemented by the abbreviation " Hayden " . Personal page on IPNI website |
Biography
Ferdinand Gayden was born on September 7, 1829 in Westfield, Massachusetts .
A doctor by training, Hayden devoted himself entirely to geological and topographical studies of the upper reaches of the Missouri River (1853–56), the western territories of the United States of America , and the Rocky Mountains (1862, 1867 and 1873–78).
During the internecine war, Hayden served as a doctor in the army of the northerners , from 1865 to 1872 he was a professor of geology at the University of Pennsylvania .
Died December 22, 1887 in Philadelphia .
Literature
- Hayden // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Wagner, Greogr. Jahrbuch ”(Gotha, 1888)