Daniel Cady Eaton
| Daniel Cady Eaton | |
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Portrait of Eaton by George Rockwood, 1864
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| Born |
September 12, 1834 Fort Gratiot, Michigan |
| Died | June 29, 1895 (aged 60) New Haven, Connecticut |
| Education |
Yale College Harvard University |
| Occupation | Botanist, professor |
| Employer | Yale University |
Daniel Cady Eaton (September 12, 1834 – June 29, 1895) was an American botanist and author. He gained his bachelor's degree at Yale College, then went on to Harvard University where he studied with Asa Gray. He then went back to Yale in 1864, where he was a botany professor and herbarium curator. Eaton is the grandson of Amos Eaton.
He also worked in Utah, contributing to the US-Mexican Boundary Survey and various geological surveys.
Partial list of species named by D. C. Eaton:
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