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Name |
Blanding, William, 1773-1857 |
Othernames |
Dr. Blanding |
Born |
02/07/1773 |
Birthplace |
Rehoboth, Massachusetts |
Places of residence |
Attleboro, Massachusetts Camden, South Carolina Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Titles & honors |
credited with the discovery of a species of turtle known as Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) |
Father |
William Blanding |
Mother |
Lydia Ormsbee |
Nationality |
American |
Education |
Brown University (Rhode Island College) class of 1801 Brown Univeristy Doctorate in Medicine |
Notes |
In 1871, his family deposited his cabinet of minerals, shells, fossils, relics, and coins numbering 7,769 in Brown's Museum of Natural History. https://library.brown.edu/cds/portraits/display.php?idno=73 Regarding the museum, It was "finally dismantled in 1915. Although remnants of the collection survive, 92 truckloads of stored material were unceremoniously dumped along the Seekonk River in 1945." https://www.brown.edu/about/history/timeline/natural-history-museum-opens http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/findaids/html/mss0451.html |
Occupation |
Active member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia |
Role |
Physician |
Spouse |
Susannah Carpenter, Rachel Willett |
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