Pickering, Charles, 1805-1878
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Biographical notes:
Pickering was a physician and a naturalist. He was a member of the Harvard College Class of 1823 but transferred to the Harvard Medical School and received an MD in 1826. In 1849 he was granted the AB with the Class of 1823. In 1827 he settled in Philadelphia where he practiced medicine and began active work with the Academy of Natural Sciences. He was appointed chief zoologist of the United States Exploring Expedition from 1838-1842. After this and other voyages, he made his home in Boston in May of 1845.
From the description of Charles Pickering drawings and lists, ca. 1824-1849. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612194643
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Pickering, Charles, 1805-1878. Charles Pickering drawings and lists, ca. 1824-1849.
Houghton Library
Pickering, Charles, 1805-1878. Journal [microform] : in his handwriting, kept by him while on the United States Exploring Expedition, Wilkes, commander / by C. Pickering.
University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
Pickering, Charles, 1805-1878. Catalogus insectorum Nov[ae] Angliae : tomus secundus : manuscript, 1822.
Houghton Library
Pickering, Charles, 1805-1878. Journal, 1838-1841.
Massachusetts Historical Society
American Philosophical Society Library. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection. 1668-1983.
American Philosophical Society
Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851. Papers, 1819-1850.
American Philosophical Society Library
Torrey, John,. Autograph letters, 1744-1894, of naturalists.
American Philosophical Society Library
Lesley, J. Peter, 1819-1903. Papers, 1826-1898
American Philosophical Society
American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIc, 1826-1836
American Philosophical Society
Handwriting samples of naturalists and others, ca. 1800-1970 (inclusive)
Harvard University, Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology
Samuel George Morton Papers, 1819-1850
American Philosophical Society
C. S. (Constantine Samuel) Rafinesque correspondence and writings, 1808-1840, 1808-1840
American Philosophical Society
American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IId, 1837-1844
American Philosophical Society
Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903. Papers, 1826-1898.
American Philosophical Society Library
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Beattie, R. Kent (Rolla Kent), 1875-1960. Papers, 1899-1956
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004
Harvard University Archives.
Coffin, James H. (James Henry), 1806-1873. James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884
Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Variant Names
Pickering, Charles
Pickering, Charles (naturalist)
Pickering, Charles, 1805-1878