Samuel Cabot III

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Dr. Samuel Cabot (1815-1885)

Samuel Cabot III (born September 20, 1815 in Boston , Massachusetts , † April 13, 1885 there ) was an American daguerreotypist , ornithologist and doctor .

Live and act

His father Samuel Cabot Jr. (1784-1863) was a successful businessman who married in 1812 Eliza Perkins (1791-1885), who was a daughter of the China merchant Thomas Handasyd Perkins (1764-1854). Samuel Cabot III was the second child from this marriage. One brother was Edward Clarke Cabot (1818-1901), a well-known architect and artist. Through his father, Cabot belonged to a respected family in the political and social establishment . For example, the Perkins Institute and Massachusetts School for Blind was founded by his mother's father.

Samuel Cabot III first attended the Boston Latin School before moving to Harvard University at the age of 17 . He completed this in 1836. During his college years, he wasn't considered an excellent scientist. As a student it was not allowed to carry firearms, but Cabot would often visit Fresh Pond Parkway in the mornings to hunt ducks. When his father was informed of this by Cabot's good friend Amos Adams Lawrence (1814–1886) and the father recognized his talent as a taxidermist , he only remarked:

"Maybe he'll make it as a naturalist, or at least as an ornithologist."

In 1839 he graduated from Harvard with a degree in medicine. He then went to Paris for two years to expand his medical knowledge with Jules René Guérin . During this time he communicated with many of the most famous European naturalists. The fondness for ornithology that he developed during his studies lasted all his life. When he read in the Boston Courier in 1841 that John Lloyd Stephens was looking for a naturalist for his trip to Yucatán , his interest was immediately piqued. At first Stephens was skeptical about Cabot's young age, but when he learned that Cabot was related to William Hickling Prescott , he abandoned his concerns. With his father, Cabot traveled to New York City to meet Stephens and Frederick Catherwood (1799-1854). The father was deeply impressed by the daguerreotype equipment for the expedition. On October 9, 1841, they boarded the three-master Tennessee , and finally disembarked in the port city of Sisal . Cabot accompanied Stephens and Catherwood in 1841 and 1842 on the entire research trip through the Yucatán. For Stephan's work Incidents of travel in Yucatan , Cabot worked on the ornithological aspects. While Stephens and Catherwood were preparing the trip, Cabot looked after some locals who were squinting for free. This open-heartedness opened the door to the expedition everywhere as welcome guests. From mid-November to May 1842, the team measured, arranged, sketched and photographed a wide variety of Mayan ruins on the Yucatán Peninsula. Catherwood was so frustrated with his camera lucida that he transferred the task to Cabot so that he could concentrate fully on his drawings. Cabot's work in Uxmal was only interrupted when he fell ill with malaria there . He went to Ticul , but couldn't really recover for the rest of the time in Yucatán.

As the travelers continued on their way inland, Cabot collected bird hides and animal exhibits. In Xlapak , Cabot discovered through his collecting activity some buildings that would probably not have been discovered in the dense jungle . When the group left Chichén Itzá for Valladolid on May 29, 1842 , some Indian helpers followed with their luggage. A pack horse broke away and the valuable camera lucida was shattered. It was the end of the daguerreotype career of the three expedition members. We returned to Mérida along the east coast of the Yucatán . On May 18, 1842, they embarked in Sisal and reached New York on June 17. Cabot returned to Boston seriously ill with malaria, where he finally recovered.

In 1844, Cabot married Hannah Lowell Jackson, with whom he had nine children. One of the children was entrepreneur Godfrey Lowell Cabot , and another was artist Lilla Cabot Perry . Eventually he settled in Boston as a surgeon and medicin, building an excellent reputation for himself. Even so, he never forgot his passion for science. He served as a curator at the Boston Society of Natural History from 1839 and was particularly responsible for the Society's ornithological collection from 1844 to 1854.

In 1853 he was appointed surgeon at Massachusetts Hospital to replace John Collins Warren . His knowledge and dutiful treatment of his patients were very much appreciated. He was one of the first, if not the first, to perform subcondan surgery for strabismus.

Cabot dedicated his life to charity. As president for children's asylum and doctor in the home for poor children, he used his knowledge for the common good. He remained loyal to the latter home for 30 years. He got involved as a member of the Emigrant Aid Company . His best friend Amos Lawrence said of him:

"Dr. Cabot was a philanthropist in the best sense of the word. He never got tired until the good cause was achieved and never thought of flinging himself at the expense of his colleagues. His humanity was so evident to his friends as he did a great job for them and for everyone who worked with him. "

With the exception of two military missions during the civil war , Dr. Cabot continued medicine in Boston until he had to give up due to an illness and eventually passed away.

Memberships

Cabot had been an elected Class II member of Section 3 of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1844 . He was also a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society . Since 1830 he had a longstanding relationship with the Boston Society of Natural History .

First descriptions of Samuel Cabot III

Cabot has described several species and subspecies that were new to science.

species

The species include chronological u. a .:

  • Pale-bellied Amazonia ( Amazilia yucatanensis ( Cabot, S , 1845))
  • Rose-throated cardinal ( Piranga roseogularis Cabot, S , 1846)
  • American sandwich tern ( Thalasseus acuflavides ( Cabot, S , 1847))
  • White- browed wren ( Thryothorus albinucha ( Cabot, S , 1847))

Subspecies

The subspecies include chronological and a .:

Dedication names

John Gould honored him in 1857 in the name of Cabottragopan ( Tragopan caboti ), Carl John Drake and Ludvík Hoberlandt in 1952 in the bank bug species Oiosalda caboti . The sugar bird subspecies ( Coereba flaveola caboti ( Baird, SF , 1873)), the black-throated quail subspecies ( Colinus nigrogularis caboti Van Tyne & Trautman , 1941) and the reindeer subspecies ( Rangifer tarandus caboti G. M. Allen , 1914) were also dedicated to him .

In addition, his name is in Passerculus caboti Baird, SF , Ridgway & Brewer , 1874, a synonym for the Swamp Sparrow ( Melospiza georgiana ( Latham , 1790)) and Mesopicus caboti Malherbe , 1862, a synonym for the Rußspecht subtype ( Picoides fumigatus sanguinolentus ( Sclater, PL , 1859)).

  • Figure 1 & 2 Mesopicus caboti illustrated by Albin Mesnel (1830–1875)

  • Figure 9 Passerculus caboti

  • Cabottragopan

Publications (selection)

  • Observation on the Plumage of the Red and Mottled Owls (Strix asio) . In: Boston Journal of Natural History . tape 2 , no. 1 , February 14, 1838, p. 126-128 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Observation on the Characters and Habits of the Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) . In: Boston Journal of Natural History . tape 4 , no. 2 , June 1842, p. 246-251 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Dr. Cabot read a paper on the Meleagris ocellata . In: Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History . tape 1 , July 6, 1842, p. 73-74 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Dr. Cabot read a memoir on the Paraqua Guan or Phasianus motmot . In: Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History . tape 1 , July 20, 1842, p. 76-77 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Dr. Cabot made some remarks upon a volume of the Naturalist's Library respecting Gallinaceaous Birds . In: Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History . tape 1 , August 17, 1842, p. 80-81 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Dr. Cabot read a paper on species of Ortyx discovered by him in Yucatan . In: Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History . tape 1 , November 1, 1843, p. 151 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Description and Habits of Birds of Yucatan . In: Boston Journal of Natural History . tape 4 , no. 4 , November 1, 1843, p. 460-467 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Dr. Cabot exhibited three birds from Yucatan, which he regarded as new, and of which he read descriptions . In: Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History . tape 1 , November 15, 1843, p. 155-156 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Dr. Cabot read descriptions of three new species of Woodpecker, from Yucatan . In: Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History . tape 1 , January 3, 1844, p. 164-165 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Further accounts of Birds of Yucatan . In: Boston Journal of Natural History . tape 5 , no. 1 , January 3, 1844, p. 90-93 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Dr. Cabot also exhibited, and read a description of, a new species of Humming-bird . In: Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History . tape 2 , 1845, p. 74-75 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Dr. Samuel Cabot Jr., made some observations concerning the supposed identity of Anas penelope and Anas americana, the European and American widgeons . In: Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History . tape 2 , May 18, 1846, p. 118-120 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Dr. Cabot also stated that he had dissected a male of Tetrao cupido . In: Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History . tape 2 , May 18, 1846, p. 120 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Description of Pyranga Roseo-gularis (Rose-Throated Tanager) . In: Boston Journal of Natural History . tape 5 , no. 3 , 1846, p. 416 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • The Dodo a Rasorial and not a Rapicous Bird . In: Boston Journal of Natural History . tape 5 , no. 4 , 1847, p. 490-485 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • A Comparison between Sterna Cantiaca, Gm. of Europe and Sterna acuflavidam Nobis, hitherto considered identical with S. Cantiaca . In: Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History . tape 2 , November 17, 1847, p. 257-258 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Troglodytes albinucha, a new species of Wren . In: Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History . tape 2 , November 17, 1847, p. 258-259 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Dr. Cabot read a statement of the comparative measurements of the American and European Oyster-catcher . In: Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History . tape 3 , June 7, 1848, p. 43-44 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Dr. Cabot read some observations upon the recent appearance in New England of Ibis guarauna . In: Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History . tape 3 , June 19, 1850, p. 313-314 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Dr. Cabot read some notes on the internal anatomy of a female Mina bird (Gracula religiosa) . In: Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History . tape 4 , August 6, 1851, p. 85-86 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Dr. Cabot read a paper on a specimen of Wild Hybrid Duck. In: Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History . tape 5 , December 6, 1854, p. 118-120 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).

literature

  • Joel Asaph Allen: Notes and News: The death of Dr. Samuel Cabot of Bostom . In: The Auk . tape 3 , no. 1 , 1886, p. 144 ( sora.unm.edu [PDF; 153 kB ]).
  • Glover Morrill Allen: The barren-ground Caribou of Labrador . In: Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club . tape 4 , March 24, 1914, p. 103-107 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Samuel Cabot MD In: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . tape 21 , May 25, 1886, p. 517-520 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Spencer Fullerton Baird in Robert Ridgeway: On some forms of American birds . In: The American Naturalist . tape 7 , no. October 10 , 1873, p. 602-619 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Spencer Fullerton Baird, Robert Ridgway, Thomas Mayo Brewer: A history of North American birds . tape 2 . Little Brown, Boston 1874 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Carl John Drake, Ludvik Hoberlandt: A new genus and species of Salidae from South America (Hermiptera) . In: Psyche . tape 59 , no. 3 , September 1952, p. 85-88 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • John Gould: Mr. Gould exhibited a highly interesting species of Ceriornis, which he had found in the collection of Dr. Cabot . In: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . tape 25 , no. 337 , 1857, pp. 161-162 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Alfred Malherbe: Monograph des Picidées ou Histoire naturelle des Picidés, Pigumminés, Yuncinés ou Torcols . tape 2 . Jules Veronnais, Metz 1862 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Alfred Malherbe: Monograph des Picidées ou Histoire naturelle des Picidés, Pigumminés, Yuncinés ou Torcols . tape 3 . Jules Veronnais, Metz 1862 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Peter Eric Palmquist, Thomas R. Kailbourn: Pioneer Photographers of the Far West: A Biographical Dictionary, 1840-1865 . Stanford University Press, Stanford, California 2001, ISBN 978-0-8047-3883-5 , pp. 144-145 ( books.google.de ).
  • Josselyn van Tyne, Milton Bernhard Trautman: New birds from Yucatán . In: Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology (university of Michigan) . No. 439 , 1941, pp. 602-619 ( deepblue.lib.umich.edu [PDF]).

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Peter Eric Palmquist, pp. 144-145
  2. ^ A b American Academy of Arts and Sciences, p. 517
  3. ^ A b c American Academy of Arts and Sciences, p. 518
  4. ↑ a b c American Academy of Arts and Sciences, p. 519
  5. ↑ John Gould (1857), pp. 161-162.
  6. ↑ Carl John Drake et al. a. (1952), pp. 85-88.
  7. ^ Spencer Fullerton Baird (1873), p. 612.
  8. ↑ Glover Morrill Allen (1914), pp. 104-107.
  9. ↑ Spencer Fullerton Baird et al. a. (1874), plate 46, figure 9.
  10. ↑ Alfred Malherbe (1862), p. 53, plate 57, illustration p. 1.
personal data
SURNAME Cabot, Samuel III
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American daguerreographer, ornithologist, and doctor
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1885
Place of death Boston , Massachusetts