William Healey Dall
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1845 – 1927
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Who was William Healey Dall?
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 America, and was for many years America's preeminent authority on living and fossil mollusks.
Dall also made substantial contributions to ornithology, vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, physical and cultural anthropology, oceanography and paleontology. In addition he carried out meteorological observations in Alaska for the Smithsonian Institution.
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- Born
- Aug 21, 1845
Boston - Parents
- Spouses
- Annette Whitney
(1880 - )
- Annette Whitney
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard University
- Employment
- United States Geological Survey
- Smithsonian Institution
- Western Union
- Died
- Mar 27, 1927
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on July 23, 2013
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