Daniel L. McKinley (1925-2010) was a biology professor and historian of natural history. He joined the faculty of the biology department at the State University of New York - Albany in 1966 and retired in 1989. "He was a quiet scholar whose writings often emphasized historical and biographical aspects of his subjects." McKinley authored the biography James Eights, 1798-1882: Antarctic Explorer, Albany Naturalist (Albany: University of the State of New York, State Education Department, 2005).
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"Daniel L. McKinley 1925-2010." Biological Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York. Accessed July 3, 2012. http://www.albany.edu/biology/0_bio_more-news.shtml.
From the guide to the Daniel McKinley research files on the history of natural history, 1963-1999, (John Bowman Bartram Special Collections Library)
