Samuel Washington Woodhouse
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Samuel Washington Woodhouse (June 27, 1821 ā October 23, 1904) was an American surgeon, explorer and naturalist.
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Samuel Washington Woodhouse | |
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Born | (1821-06-27)June 27, 1821 Philadelphia, U.S. |
Died | (1904-10-23)October 23, 1904 Philadelphia, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
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Woodhouse was doctor and naturalist on the Sitgreaves Expedition led by Captain Lorenzo Sitgreaves from San Antonio to San Diego which explored the possibility of a route from the Zuni River to the Pacific.[1] He was the author of A Naturalist in Indian Territory: The Journal of S. W. Woodhouse, 1849-50. Woodhouse's toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii) and Woodhouse's scrub jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) were named in his honor. The first Cassin's sparrow was described in 1852 by Samuel W. Woodhouse from a specimen collected near San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Woodhouse gave it its species name in honor of John Cassin, a Philadelphia ornithologist.