biography
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Hayden, Ferdinand (Vandeveer)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1829–87)
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| biography:
| Geologist, born in Westfield, Massachusetts, USA. After working on surveys in the NW (1853–62), he became professor of geology at Pennsylvania University (1865–72), and was subsequently head of the US geological survey. He was influential in securing the establishment of Yellowstone National Park. |
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