> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 427](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333566) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9362-1) LSID 9362-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q636108) QID Q636108 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Schwatka, Frederick (1849-1892), American soldier and explorer, especially of the Arctic; studied at West Point, 1867-1871; cavalry lieutenant 1871-1885; Dr. med. New York 1876; on the New York Herald expedition to King William's land 1878-1880; in command of the New York Times Alaska expedition 1886. **Abbreviated name**: *Schwatka* \[standard form in IPNI: *Schwatka*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection GH|GH]] (Alaska; some Rocky Mts.). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 249 (b. 29 Sep 1849, d. 2 Nov 1892); Ewan ed. 2: 196. #### Biofile - Anon., Appleton's Cycl. Amer. Biogr. 5: 433. 1888; Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 216: 886. 1964; Natl. Cycl. Amer. Biogr. 3: 285. 1893; The New York Times 3 Nov 1892, p. 1 (obit.). - Embacher, F., Lexik. Reisen 264-265. 1882. - F.M., Dict. Amer. Biogr. 16: 481-482. 1935. - Hulten, E., Bot. Not. 1940: 305 (Alaska coll.).