John Cassin
John Cassin (born September 6, 1813 in Chester County , Pennsylvania , † January 10, 1869 in Philadelphia ) was an American ornithologist .
Life
He is counted among the greatest American ornithologists and described 198 birds that were previously not even mentioned by Alexander Wilson or John James Audubon . He became a resident of Philadelphia in 1834 and, after working as a merchant for several years and performing official duties, devoted the rest of his life to studying ornithology.
In 1852 he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society . As early as 1853 he was proposed by Carl Friedrich Ludwig Hartlaub (1793–1879) as an honorary member of the German Ornithological Society and was finally elected.
Works
- Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America (1853-56) ISBN 0-87611-107-X
- Birds of North America (1860) - with Spencer Fullerton Baird and George Newbold Lawrence .
- Descriptions of all North American Birds not given by Former American Authorities (Philadelphia, 1858)
- Birds of Chile (1855)
- Ornithology of the United States Exploring Expedition (Washington, 1845)
- Ornithology of Gillies's Astronomical Expedition to Chili (1855)
- Ornithology of the Japan Expedition (1856)
- Explorations and Survey for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean (1858)
literature
- Witmer Stone : John Cassin . In: Cassinia . tape 5 , 1901, pp. 1-7 ( online [accessed July 28, 2011]).
- August Carl Eduard Baldamus : Excerpt from the minutes of the seventh ornithologist meeting in Halberstadt . In: Naumannia . tape 3 , 1853, p. 113–126 ( online [accessed July 28, 2011]).
- Cassin, John . In: James Grant Wilson, John Fiske (Eds.): Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography . tape 1 : Aaron - Crandall . D. Appleton and Company, New York 1887, p. 553 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Member History: John Cassin. American Philosophical Society, accessed June 1, 2018 .
- ↑ August Carl Eduard Baldamus, p. 115
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cassin, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ornithologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chester County , Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1869 |
| Place of death | Philadelphia |