Alpheus Hyatt
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Alpheus Hyatt | |
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| Born | April 5, 1838 Washington, D.C. |
| Died | January 15, 1902 (aged 63) |
| Nationality | American |
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| Fields | Zoology Paleontology |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Marine Biological Laboratory |
Alpheus Hyatt (April 5, 1838 – January 15, 1902) was an American
zoologist and palaeontologist
.
Biography
Alpheus Hyatt II was born in Washington, D.C. to Alpheus Hyatt and Harriet Randolph (King) Hyatt. He briefly attended the Maryland Military Academy and Yale University, and after graduating from Harvard University in 1862, he enlisted as a private in the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry for the Civil War, emerging with the rank of captain.
After the war he worked for a time at the Essex Institute (now the
Marine Biology in Annisquam, Massachusetts. The River Road building gave him access to the Annisquam River, a salt water estuary. This enterprise was moved to Woods Hole and became the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory
in 1888.
Hyatt studied under
National Academy of Sciences.[2] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1895.[3] In 1898, he received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Brown University
.
He and his wife, Audella Beebe, were the parents of famed sculptor
Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor, who was also a sculptor though less well known, (and mother of the art historian A. Hyatt Mayor
), and Alpheus Hyatt III.
Publications
- Hyatt, Alpheus (1867). "The Moss-Animals, or Fresh Water Polyzoa". The American Naturalist. 1 (2): 57–64, 131–136, 180–186. S2CID 85203277.
- Hyatt, A (October 1880). "Transformation of Planorbis: A Practical Illustration of the Evolution of Species". Science. 1 (17): 196. PMID 17736203.
- Hyatt, A (February 1884). "The Evolution of the Cephalopoda.--Ii". Science. 3 (53): 145–149. PMID 17756220.
- Hyatt, A (October 1884). "The primitive Conocoryphean". Science. 4 (88): 351. PMID 17770756.
- Hyatt, A (October 1885). "Cruise of the Arethusa". Science. 6 (143): 384–386. S2CID 5665486.
- Hyatt, A (October 1887). "The Scientific Swindler Again". Science. 10 (246): 203. S2CID 45399096.
- Hyatt, A (February 1895). "Laboratory Teaching of Large Classes". Science. 1 (8): 197–203. PMID 17746309.
- Hyatt, A (January 1897). "Cycle in the Life of the Individual (Ontogeny) and in the Evolution of Its Own Group (Phylogeny)". Science. 5 (109): 161–171. PMID 17781838.
References
- ^ "University Library, "Alpheus Hyatt Papers"". Syracuse University Library. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
- ^ Beecher, Charles (February 1, 1902). "Obituary Alpheus Hyatt". The American Journal of Science. s4-13 (74): 164.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
External links
- "Alpheus Hyatt (1838–1902)". Archived from the original on April 28, 2019. Retrieved June 10, 2005.
- "Alpheus Hyatt II Papers". Syracuse University Library.
- Whyld, Bea (May–June 2005). "Anna Hyatt Huntington and the Huntington Great Danes". Subrosa: The Huntington Rose and Perennial Gardens Newsletter. 42. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2008.
- National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir
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