Jared Potter Kirtland

Jared Potter Kirtland
Jared Potter Kirtland
Born	(1793-11-10)November 10, 1793 Wallingford, Connecticut
Died	December 10, 1877(1877-12-10) (aged 84) Rockport, Ohio
Nationality	United States
Fields	natural history malacology
Institutions	Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Jared Potter Kirtland (November 10, 1793 – December 10, 1877) was a naturalist, malacologist, and politician most active in the U.S. state of Ohio, where he served as a probate judge, and in the Ohio House of Representatives. He was also a physician and co-founder of Western Reserve University's Medical School, as well as what would become the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

Kirtland was born in Wallingford, Connecticut and died in Rockport Township, Ohio (now Lakewood).

Kirtland's Warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii) and Kirtland's Snake (Clonophis kirtlandii) are named after him.

Sources

• "Jared Potter Kirtland" at the Dittrick Medical History Center
• "Jared Potter Kirtland" at the Illinois Natural History Survey, hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• "Jared Potter Kirtland" at the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
• Gifford, G E (November 1972). "Dr. Jared Kirtland and his warbler". N. Engl. J. Med. (UNITED STATES) 287 (18): 909–11. doi:10.1056/NEJM197211022871805. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 4561669. 
• FERTIG, H H (June 1955). "Some letters of Jared Potter Kirtland". Ohio medicine : journal of the Ohio State Medical Association (Not Available) 51 (6): 553–7. ISSN 0892-2454. PMID 14384204. 

External links

• National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir

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Persondata
Name	Kirtland, Jared
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	November 10, 1793
Place of birth	Wallingford, Connecticut
Date of death	December 10, 1877
Place of death	Rockport, Ohio