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### Author
Dall, William Healey (1845-1927), American palaeontologist, student of Agassiz, mostly working on animals but also interested in botany, made several trips to Alaska 1865-1895, professor of invertebrate palaeontology at the Wagner Institute of Science in Philadelphia.
**Abbreviated name**: *W.H. Dall*
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection US|US]] (orig., incl. U.S.D.A.), further material at [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection P|P]]-DU, [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection WECO|WECO]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 413 (b. 21 Aug 1845, Boston, Mass., d. 27 Mar 1927, Washington, D.C.); BL 1: 130; BM 1: 415; Ewan, ed. 2: 55 (q.v., sic); IH 2: 50, 150; Lenley p. 451; Quenstedt p. 101; Rehder 3: 262; Tucker 1: 184.
#### Biofile
- Bartsch, P., Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 104 (1946, no. 15): 1946 (1600 items, incl. poems).
- Dall, W.H., Arctic marine vegetation, The Nature 13: 166. 1875.
- Donelly, W.A. et al., The University of Michigan, an encycl. survey 1445. 1956.
- Hart Merriam, C., Science ser. 2. 65: 345-347. 1927 (obit.).
- Hultén, E., Bot. Not. 1940: 291, 301 (collections 1865-1895).
- Merrill, E.D., Ann. Report Smithsonian Inst. 1904: 695.
- Pilsbry, H.A., Nautilus 41: 3-6. 1927 (portr.).
- Russell, F.W., Mount Auburn Biographies,... listing... persons... in Mount Auburn Cemetary, 46-47. 1951.
- Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 309. 1975 (collections in detail); Cryptogamie, Bryol. Lichénol. Paris 5: 56. 1984 (D. found a new moss in Siberia).
- Schofield, E.K., Brittonia 30: 404. 15 Aug 1978 (bot. material at NY).
- Schuchert, Ch., Amer. J. Sci. ser. 5. 14: 88. 1927 (obit.).
- Woodring, W.P., Nat. Acad. Biogr. mem. 31: 92-113. 1988 (portr., p.p. bibl.).
### Publications
##### n.28.746. Alaska
**Title**
*Alaska* and its *resources*. Boston... 1870. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Alaska resourc.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1879, p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-627. *Copy*: HH. – (List of useful plants indigenous in the territory of Alaska p. 589-594.) – See also BL 1: 130, Rehder 3: 262.
##### n.28.747. Nomenclature
**Title**
*Nomenclature* in *zoology* and *botany*: a report to the American Association for the advancement of Science at the Nashville meeting, August 31, 1877... Salem, Mass. (Printed at the Salem Press) 1877. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Nomencl. zool. bot.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1877, p. \[1\]-56. *Copies*: MO, NY.