Joseph Leidy
1823–91
American anatomist, microscopist, and palaeontologist. Appointed dissecting assistant to William Horner, professor of anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania, 1844. Professor of anatomy, University of Pennsylvania, 1853–91. President of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1881–91. Published extensively on North American fossil vertebrates, and also studied freshwater Protozoa.
Sources
ANB
DSB.
Bibliography
ANB: American national biography. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. and supplement. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999–2002.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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