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NOTED FERN AUTHORS 



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 



[The works of these authors are listed under "Fern 

 Literature" in the following pages.] 



Eaton. Daniel Cady. Born at Cratiot, Mich., 

 September 12, 18.'54. His grandfather was Amos Eaton, 

 noted botanist and author. Studied botany under his 

 friend. Prof. Asa dray, who had studied with Prof. John 

 Torrey, who in turn wa.s a pupil of Amos Eaton. Daniel 

 C. was professor of botany in Yale College, for more than 

 thirty years. A man of graceful and winsome personality, 

 an authority on ferns, and widely known by his writings. 

 His masterpiece was "The Ferns of North America" 

 in two large, fpiarto ^(>lumes, beautifully illustrated. He 

 died June 20, 1895. 



Clute, Willahd Nelson. Born at Painted Post, 

 N. Y., February 2(), 1869. Education informal; common 

 schools, uni^'ersity lectures and private study, ^hini- 

 fested early a keen interest in birds and tlowers. Was 

 founder and first jiresident of the American Fern Society. 

 Collected in Jamaica more than three hundred sjjecies of 

 ferns. Has written extensively on the ferns and their 

 allies, besides publishing se^'eral standard volumes. His 

 great distinction is in founding and editing the Fcni 

 Bulletin through its twenty volumes, when he combined 

 this publication with The American Boiamxl, which is now 

 on its twenty-eighth volume, the whole a prodigious 

 achievement of great scientific value. 



