Gideon Lincecum
1793–1874
American physician and naturalist. Was for several years an Indian trader in the Choctaw country of central Mississippi. Studied medicine privately. Practised medicine in Cotton Gin Port and Columbus, Mississippi, 1830–48. Settled in Texas in 1848. Studied the behaviour of agricultural ants.
Source
ANB.
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.
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