Alpheus Hyatt

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Alpheus Hyatt

Born April 5, 1838(1838-04-05)
Washington, D.C.
Died January 15, 1902 (aged 63)
Nationality USA
Fields Zoology
Paleontology
Institutions MIT

Alpheus Hyatt (April 5, 1838 – January 15, 1902) was an American zoologist and palaeontologist.

Biography

Hyatt was born in Washington, D.C. and graduated from Yale in 1862. He fought in the US Civil War, reaching the rank of Captain. Studied under Louis Agassiz. A proponent of Neo-Lamarckism with Edward Drinker Cope. He edited American Naturalist between 1867 and 1870. Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1870-1888. He established a laboratory for the study of Marine Biology in Annisquam, Massachusetts. The River Road building gave him access to the Annisquam River, a salt water estuary. This enterprise was moved to Woods Hole and became the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory. Hyatt was the father of famed sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington. His other children were his daughter Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor, who was also a sculptor though less well known, and his son Alpheus Hyatt III.

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NAME Hyatt, Alpheus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION American zoologist, paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, D.C.
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1902
PLACE OF DEATH
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