Daniel Cady Eaton

Daniel Cady Eaton

Portrait of Eaton by George Rockwood, 1864
Born (1834-09-12)September 12, 1834
Fort Gratiot, Michigan
Died June 29, 1895(1895-06-29) (aged 60)
New Haven, Connecticut
Education Yale College
Harvard University
Occupation Botanist, professor
Employer Yale University

Daniel Cady Eaton (September 12, 1834 – June 29, 1895)[1] was an American botanist and author. He gained his bachelor's degree at Yale College, then went on to Harvard University where he studied with Asa Gray. He then went back to Yale in 1864, where he was a botany professor and herbarium curator. Eaton is the grandson of Amos Eaton.[2]

He also worked in Utah, contributing to the US-Mexican Boundary Survey and various geological surveys.

Notable Publications

Partial list of species named by D. C. Eaton:

References

  1. Find A Grave
  2. 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.
  3. "Author Query for ' D.C. Eaton'". International Plant Names Index.

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