Daniel Cady Eaton (September 12, 1834 – June 29, 1895) was an American botanist and author. After studies at the Rensselaer Institute in Troy and Russell's military school in New Haven,"Daniel Cady Eaton", ''American Journal of Science'', August 1895, p. 184. he gained his bachelor's degree at

Yale College Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, ...

, then went on to

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

, where he studied with Asa Gray. He then went to Yale University's

Sheffield Scientific School Sheffield Scientific School was founded in 1847 as a school of Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut, for instruction in science and engineering. Originally named the Yale Scientific School, it was renamed in 1861 in honor of Joseph E. Sheffiel ...

in 1864, where he was a botany professor and herbarium curator. Eaton is the grandson of

Amos Eaton Amos Eaton (May 17, 1776 – May 10, 1842) was an American botanist, geologist, and educator who is considered the founder of the modern scientific prospectus in education, which was a radical departure from the American liberal arts tradition of ...

. He also worked in

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, contributing to the US-Mexican Boundary Survey and various geological surveys.

Notable publications

''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 Synonymy and Geographical Distribution, of the Ferns (Including the 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'' astern 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''

References

External links

* Daniel Cady Eaton papers (MS 581). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library

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Digitised works and other sources of information on Daniel Cady Eaton in the Biodiversity Heritage Library
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