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David H. Wenrich's Joseph Leidy biography papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-1007
Scope and Contents
David H. Wenrich's Joseph Leidy biography papers contains research and draft manuscripts for the unpublished Joseph Leidy biography prepared by Dr. David H. Wenrich. The collection includes Wenrich’s correspondence related to his research, transcriptions of Joseph Leidy’s correspondence, and Wenrich’s notes on those materials. The bulk of the papers – the research notes, transcriptions, and manuscripts – bare no dates of creation, but correspondence indicate that Wenrich worked on the...
Dates:
undated, 1947-1968
Joseph Leidy Correspondence and Documents (Photocopies)
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0001-A
Overview
Joseph Leidy (1823-1891), one of the great American scientists of the 19th century, possessed a vast knowledge of the natural world. Best known as the Father of American vertebrate paleontology, he also pioneered the fields of parasitology and protozoology, and was the preeminent anatomist of his time. He was also an influential teacher of natural history and an expert in areas as diverse as entomology, geology and pathology. This collection contains photocopies of correspondence and...
Dates:
1847-1924
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