Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927

Article VI
book chapter 1880

Summary: William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska. He described many mollusks of the Pacific Northwest of North America, and was for many years America's preeminent authority on living and fossil mollusks. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4][5]
Born: 1845-08-21 [2][5]
Birth Place: Boston (Massachusetts, États-Unis) [3]; Boston [5]
Died: 1927-03-27 [2][5]
Death Place: Washington (District de Columbia, États-Unis) [3]; Washington, D.C. [5]
Country: United States [2]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: explorer [5]; paleontologist [5]; zoologist [5]; biologist [5]; malacologist [5]; scientific collector [5]; writer [5]; geologist [5]; naturalist [5]; meteorological observer [5]; botanical collector [5]
Employer: United States Geological Survey [5]; Smithsonian Institution [5]; National Geodetic Survey [5]
Work Place: Washington, DC [2]
Educated at: Harvard College [5]; Boston English High School [5]; Harvard University [5]
Country of Education: United States [5]
Yale LUX: Entity [5]
British Museum person-institution thesaurus: Entry [5]
American National Biography: Biography (requires subscription) [5]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. Library of Congress; 5. Wikidata

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