Walter Faxon

Walter Faxon (February 4, 1848 – August 10, 1920) was an American ornithologist and carcinologist. He was born at Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, where he grew up. His brother Charles Faxon was a botanist. He received three degrees from Harvard University. One of his greater ornithological achievements was demonstration that Brewster's Warbler is a hybrid.[1]

Additionally, he spent many years researching and classifying many American crayfish, including the Astacus, Orconectes, and Procambarus genera[2][3][3] and contributed to at least 20 different scientific papers.[4]

References

  1. ↑ W. M. T. (1921). "Notes and news". The Auk 38 (1): 157–158. doi:10.2307/4074078.
  2. ↑ Hobbs, Horton H. (1974). "A Checklist of the North and Middle American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae and Cambaridae)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 166: 70.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Faxon, Walter (1884). Descriptions of New Species of Cambarus. Biodiversity Heritage Library: Boston : Metcalf and Co. Retrieved May 2014.
  4. ↑ "By Faxon, Walter, 1848-1920". http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/8442/author#/titles''. Retrieved May 2014.