Daniel Cady Eaton

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Daniel Cady Eaton, 1864.

Daniel Cady Eaton (September 12, 1834 – June 29, 1895)^[1] was an American botanist and author. He gained his bachelor's degree at Yale University, then went on to Harvard University where he studied with Asa Gray. He then went back to Yale where he was a botany professor and herbarium curator.

He also worked in Utah, contributing to the US-Mexican Boundary Survey and various geological surveys.

Partial list of publications by D. C. Eaton:

Beautiful Ferns; from Original Water-Color Drawings after Nature. Paintings by C. E. Faxon and J. H. Emerton. New York: Nims & Knight, Troy. 1887 (c. 1885). 96 pp, 10 plates.
Enumeration of the Ferns of Cuba and Venezuela. 1860.
The Ferns of North America: Colored Figures and Descriptions, with Synonomy and Geographical Distribution of the Ferns (Including Ophioglossaceae) of the United States of America and the British North American Possessions. Volumes 1-2. 81 color plates by James H. Emerton and C. E. Faxon. Salem, Massachusetts: S. E. Cassino. 1877-1880. Folio.
Systematic Fern List [Eastern North America]. 1880.

Partial list of species named by D. C. Eaton:

Asplenium bradleyi
Dryopteris clintoniana (as Aspidium cristatum var. clintonianum)
Pellaea mucronata
Woodsia scopulina

The standard author abbreviation D.C. Eaton is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

References

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 3249940 LCCN: n87144426 ISNI: 0000 0000 8083 1568 GND: 117494615 BNF: cb13485946x

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Name	Eaton, Daniel Cady
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Short description	American botanist
Date of birth	1834
Place of birth
Date of death	1895
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