Joseph Leidy


Leidy, Joseph

 

Born Sept. 9, 1823, in Philadelphia; died there Apr. 30, 1891. American biologist. Professor of anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania (from 1853).

Leidy’s main works dealt with paleontology, zoology, comparative anatomy, and botany. His studies on reptiles of the Cretaceous and mammals of the Paleogene in North America are very well known. He elucidated the origin and history of development of several animal groups.

WORKS

Cretaceous Reptiles of the United States. Washington, 1865.
Researches in Helminthology and Parasitology. Washington, 1904.

REFERENCE

Davitashvili, L. Sh. Istoriia evoliutsionnoi paleontologii ot Darvina do nashikh dnei. Moscow-Leningrad, 1948.