Samuel Washington Woodhouse
Samuel Washington Woodhouse (June 27, 1821 – October 23, 1904) was an American surgeon, explorer and naturalist.
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| Born | June 27, 1821 Philadelphia, U.S. |
| Died | October 23, 1904 Philadelphia, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
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Woodhouse was doctor and naturalist on the Sitgreaves Expedition led by Captain Lorenzo Sitgreaves from San Antonio to San Diego which explored the possibility of a route from the Zuni River to the Pacific.[1] He was the author of A Naturalist in Indian Territory: The Journal of S. W. Woodhouse, 1849-50. Woodhouse's toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii) and Woodhouse's scrub jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) were named in his honor. The first Cassin's sparrow was described in 1852 by Samuel W. Woodhouse from a specimen collected near San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Woodhouse gave it its species name in honor of John Cassin, a Philadelphia ornithologist.
Notes
- Woodhouse Texas to San Diego
References
- Woodhouse, S.W., edited and annotated by Andrew Wallace and Richard H. Hevly, From Texas to San Diego in 1851: The Overland Journal of Dr. S.W. Woodhouse, Surgeon-Naturalist of the Sitgreaves Expedition, Texas Tech University Press (2007), hardcover, 358 pages, ISBN 978-0-89672-597-3
- The original is a manuscript in the manuscript collections of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Diary of an Expedition Down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers under Captain L. Sitgreaves 1851-52, 4 volumes, item 387B
External links
- Cassin's Sparrow blog at CassinsSparrow.org – Long-running science blog that explores the history of Cassin's Sparrow's discovery, what we've learned about the species since, and why it matters.