Vernon Orlando Bailey
| Vernon Orlando Bailey | |
|---|---|
 Vernon Orlando Bailey in 1898 | |
| Born |
1864 Manchester, Michigan |
| Died |
1942 Washington, D.C. |
| Nationality | USA |
| Fields | Mammalogy |
| Institutions | United States Department of Agriculture |
| Known for | Research on animal trapping, beavers, rodents, coyotes, wolves, bobcats |
Vernon Orlando Bailey (1864–1942) was an American naturalist who specialized in mammalogy. He was employed by the Bureau of Biological Survey, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).[1] His contributions to the Bureau of Biological Survey numbered roughly 13,000 specimens including many new species. Bailey published 244 monographs and articles during his career with the USDA, and is best known for his biological surveys of Texas, New Mexico, North Dakota, and Oregon. The plants
Life and work
The fourth child of Emily and Hiram Bailey, Vernon Orlando Bailey was born on 21 June 1864 in Manchester, Michigan. Hiram Bailey was a mason by trade, and a hobbits hunter and woodsman. Bailey and his pioneer family moved by horse-drawn wagon to Elk River, Minnesota in 1870. Since there were no school in the frontier town at the time, the Baileys schooled their children at home until they and several other local families established a school in 1873. Hiram Bailey was a woodsman and hunter and taught his son how to hunt at an early age. Bailey began collecting specimens and forwarding them to Dr. C. Hart Merriam, founder of the Bureau of Biological Survey (the predecessor to the current U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). Bailey was appointed special field agent to the Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy in 1887. By 1890, Bailey was awarded the title of Chief Field Naturalist. He served in this position until his retirement in 1933. In 1899, he married ornithologist Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey. The two traveled the United States together and separately collecting and observing specimens in the field. They co-authored several articles including "Cave life of Kentucky" with Leonard Giovannoli, published in the September 1933 edition of American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 14, No. 5).
Publications
- The Prairie Ground Squirrels or Spermophiles of the Mississippi Valley, 1893
- Beaver Habits, Beaver Control and Possibilities of Beaver Farming, 1922
- The Cave Life of Kentucky, American Midland Naturalist, 1933
Associated eponyms
- Chrysothamnus baileyi Woot. & Standl.[2]
- Ostrya baileyi Rose[3]
- Tillandsia baileyi Rose ex Small[4]
- Echinocereus baileyi Rose[5]
- Sarcobatus baileyi Coville.[6]
- Yucca baileyi Woot. & Standl.[7]
- Campanula baileyi Easwtood.[8]
- Crotaphytus collaris baileyi Stejneger, 1890[9]
- Canis lupus baileyi (Mexican wolf)
See also
References
- ↑ "Vernon Orlando Bailey". United States Forest Service.
- ↑ Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 181. 1913.
- ↑ Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 8: 293. 1905.
- ↑ Flora of the Southeastern United States 246: 1328. 1913.
- ↑ Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 403. 1909.
- ↑ Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 7: 77. 1892.
- ↑ Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 181. 1913.
- ↑ Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 525. 1902.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Bailey, V.O.", p. 14).
External links
- Finding aid to the Vernon Bailey papers, 1889–1941, from the Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Vernon Bailey Papers, 1905, 1921-1929, 1939, also from the Smithsonian Institution Archives
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