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William Healey Dall

William Healey Dall was an American explorer, paleontologist, zoologist, biologist, malacologist and scientific collector (1845–1927). He was born at Boston and died at Washington, D.C.

Also recorded as William H. Dall; W. H. Dall; Dall; DALL, WILLIAM HEALEY; William Healey Dall.

Overview

Born at Boston in 1845, died at Washington, D.C. in 1927.

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings William H. Dall, W. H. Dall, Dall, DALL, WILLIAM HEALEY and William Healey Dall. His recorded language was English.

He was the child of Charles Henry Appleton Dall and Caroline Healey Dall.

Career and activity

He was employed by United States Geological Survey, Smithsonian Institution and National Geodetic Survey. He belonged to National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Literary Society of Washington, American Philosophical Society and Smithsonian Meteorological Project. He worked at Nulato.

Catalogued works

60 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. The first 12 are listed here.

Western Union Telegraph Expedition, Papers from William H. Dall to Robert Kennicott. Notebook No.2. Land and fresh water mollusks. Diagnoses of new shells from the Pacific Ocean. Mollusks of Tonkin & Indo China. Notes on Chrysodomus and other mollusks from the north Pacific Ocean. Plant lists, Alaska. Martini and Chemnitz Conchylien-Cabinet second edition : index. Spencer Fullerton Baird; a biography, including selections from his correspondence with Audubon, Agassiz, Dana, and others. Carolvs Linnaevs. The Californian species of fusus. Catalogue of shells from Bering Strait and the adjacent portions of the Arctic Ocean, with descriptions of three new species.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 132681 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Dall, William Healey (1845-1927), natural historian, paleontologist, and malacologist, American National Biography Online, 2000. OBITUARIES: WILLIAM HEALEY DALL, 1845–1927, Journal of Molluscan Studies, 1927. William Healey Dall, Science, 1927. Spencer Fullerton Baird: A Biography William Healey Dall, The Condor, 1915. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE PENINSULA: WILLIAM HEALEY DALL AND FLORIDA, Earth Sciences History, 2024.

In detail

William Healey Dall studied at Harvard University, Boston English High School and Harvard College. the recorded working language is English.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Nulato. Employment is recorded with United States Geological Survey, Smithsonian Institution and National Geodetic Survey. Membership is recorded of National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Literary Society of Washington.

Chronology

  1. 1845William Healey Dall born at Boston.
  2. 1927William Healey Dall died at Washington, D.C..

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “William Healey Dall”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q777148: William Healey Dall

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