Deane, Walter, 1848-1930

Deane (1848-1930) was educated at Harvard (A.B. 1870) and taught at St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass. and Hopkinson School until 1895. From 1897 to 1907 he was Curator of William Brewster's ornithological museum and then pursued his botanical interests including: serving on several botanical visiting committees for Harvard, publishing articles, corresponding with botanists and collecting (both and herbarium and autographs of botanists). He also had ornithological interests and worked on: Brewster's birds of the Cambridge area.

From the description of Papers of Walter Deane, 1881-1929 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 40879954