Samuel Washington Woodhouse
| Samuel Washington Woodhouse | |
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1847 daguerreotype
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| Born |
June 27, 1821 Philadelphia |
| Died | October 23, 1904 |
| Nationality | American |
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Samuel Washington Woodhouse (June 27, 1821 – October 23, 1904) was an American surgeon, explorer and naturalist.
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. He was the author of A Naturalist in Indian Territory: The Journal of S. W. Woodhouse, 1849-50. The Woodhouse's Toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii) and Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) were named in his honor.
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