H. C. Yarrow

Henry Crecy Yarrow (November 19, 1840–1929) was an American ornithologist, herpetologist, naturalist and surgeon.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, studied in Pennsylvania and Geneva, Switzerland; earned his M.D. in 1861. From 1861 to 1862, he was the Asst. Surgeon, 5th PA Cavalry. Served in Virginia, then appointed Acting Asst. Surgeon. Worked as the executive officer of the Broad and Cherry Street Hospital of Philadelphia. In 1866 he was appointed Acting Assistant Surgeon. Ordered to Atlanta, Georgia. Served through a severe cholera epidemic. Aided troops suffering from cholera on Tybee Island, near Savannah, Georgia. In 1867 he served at Fort Wood in New York Harbor during a cholera outbreak there as well as at Baltimore, Maryland, and North Carolina. Met Elliott Coues, a noted naturalist and author in 1871. It may be that Coues awakened Yarrow's interest in ornithology.

From 1871-1876 Yarrow was on the Wheeler Survey West of the 100th Meridian, as surgeon and naturalist. Collected in portions of Nevada, California, Colorado and New Mexico.

From 1886 to 1917 held various positions including:

Before the end of World War I promoted to Lt. Colonel, Medical Corps of the Army of the US.

Species named for him

Edward Drinker Cope named the lizard Sceloporus jarrovii for him in 1875 [1]

References

Biographies of Persons Honored in the Herpetological Nomenclature

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