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### Author
Thomas, Benjamin Waiden (*fl*. 1886), U.S. diatomologist and zoologist (Foraminifera).
**Abbreviated name**: *B.W. Thomas* \[standard form in IPNI: *B.W.Thomas*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection AWH|AWH]], [[Collection OS|OS]] (fide G.A. Fryxell, 1975).
#### Bibliography and biography
BM 5: 2095; CSP 19: 83; De Toni 1: cxxii, 2: cxiv; Nordstedt p. 30.
#### Biofile
- Fryxell, G.A., Beih. Nova Hedwigia 35: 363. 1975.
- VanLandingham, S.L., Cat. Diat. 4: 2377. 1971, 7: 4233-4234. 1978.
### Publications
##### n.14.202. Diatomaceae of Lake Michigan
**Title**
*Diatomaceae of Lake Michigan*, as collected during the last sixteen years from the water supply of the City of Chicago... \[Chicago 1886\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Diatom. Lake Michigan*.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Harvey Henderson (1849-1915).
*Publ*.: Jun-Sep 1886 (mss. submitted 14 Mai 1886; Nat. Nov. Oct(1) 1886; Bot. Zeit. 25 Mar 1887), p. \[1-3\]. *Copies*: PH, US. – 215 items listed; names only. – List also published, in different make-up, in Notarisia 2: 328-330. Apr 1887.
##### n.14.203. Diatomaceae of Minnesota interglacial peat
**Title**
*Diatomaceae of Minnesota interglacial peat*... Extracted from... Annual Report Minnesota Geological and Natural History Survey \[1893\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1893, cover-t.p., p. 290-320. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Rept. Minn. Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv. 20: 290-320. 1893.