Walter Faxon

Walter Faxon (February 4, 1848 – August 10, 1920) was an American ornithologist and carcinologist. He was born at Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, where he grew up. He received three degrees from Harvard University. One of his greater ornithological achievements was demonstration that Brewster's warbler is a hybrid.

He spent many years researching and classifying many American crayfish, including the Astacus, Orconectes, and Procambarus genera and contributed to at least 20 different scientific papers.

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