Prof. Joseph Leidy, MD

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Joseph Leidy

Birthdate:
Birthplace: 312 North Third St., Philadelphia, PA
Death: April 30, 1891 (67)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery (Defunct) Philadelphia Philadelphia County Pennsylvania
Immediate Family:

Son of Philip Leidy and Catherine Leidy
Husband of Anna Leidy
Father of Alwina Franck Leidy
Brother of Peter Leidy; Catherine Leidy; Christina Leidy; Francis Leidy and Helen Leidy
Half brother of Thomas Leidy; Asher S. Leidy and Phillip Leidy

Occupation: scientist and educator
Managed by: William Chandler Lanier, Jr.
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About Prof. Joseph Leidy, MD

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Leidy

He was an American paleontologist and a professor of anatomy at the Univ. of Penn. as well as a doctor.

Leidy was professor of anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania, and later was a professor of natural history at Swarthmore College. His book Extinct Fauna of Dakota and Nebraska (1869) contained many species not previously described and many previously unknown on the North American continent. At the time, scientific investigation was largely the province of wealthy amateurs.

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Prof. Joseph Leidy, MD's Timeline

1823
September 9, 1823
312 North Third St., Philadelphia, PA
1869
1869
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
1891
April 30, 1891
Age 67
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Odd Fellows Cemetery (Defunct) Philadelphia Philadelphia County Pennsylvania