Charles Pickering
1805–78
American physician and naturalist. Curator of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1833–7. Chief zoologist to the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838–42. Published on the geographical distribution of plants and animals.
Source
DAB.
Bibliography
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
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