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Daniel Cleveland
Daniel Cleveland (1833-1929)
Daniel Cleveland (1838-1929), prominent early resident of San Diego and field botanist.
BornMarch 21, 1838
Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
DiedJanuary 3, 1929(1929-01-03) (aged 90)
San Diego, California, United States
CitizenshipUnited States
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsSan Diego Society of Natural History
Author abbrev. (botany)Clevel.

Daniel Cleveland (1838-1929) was a prominent American resident of early New Town San Diego (now Downtown San Diego) and an amateur field naturalist. He was a founding member of the San Diego Society of Natural History (and later, the San Diego Natural History Museum) and is credited with collecting type specimens of several southern California botanical species.

Salvia clevelandii

Biography

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Early life

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San Diego Pioneer

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Field Naturalist

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References

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  • “Daniel Cleveland: San Diego Patron | San Diego History Center.” Accessed November 15, 2015. https://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/65january/cleveland.htm.
  • Davenport, Geo. E. “A Bit of Fern History.” Botanical Gazette VII, no. 5 (May 1882): 60–64.
  • Engstrand, Iris, and Anne Bullard. Inspired by Nature: The San Diego Natural History Museum after 125 Years. San Diego, Calif.: San Diego Society of Natural History, 1999.
  • “Glimpses into San Diego’s Past by Richard Amero.” Accessed November 15, 2015. http://balboaparkhistory.net/glimpses/index.htm.
  • McGrew, Clarence Alan. City of San Diego and San Diego County: The Birthplace of California. Vol. 1. American Historical Society, 1922.
  • “Person Details for Daniel Cleveland, ‘California Death Index, 1905-1939’ — FamilySearch.org.” Accessed November 15, 2015. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK91-DMN7.
  • Revolution, Sons of the American, Louis Henry Cornish, and Alonzo Howard Clark. A National Register of the Society, Sons of the American Revolution. Press of A. H. Kellogg, 1902.
  • Smythe, William Ellsworth. San Diego and Imperial Counties, California: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement. Vol. 1. The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
  • “Who Was Salvia Clevelandii Named for? Nativer Plant Information Network (NPIN).” Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas at Austin, May 12, 2009. https://www.wildflower.org/expert/show.php?id=3864.

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Category:1838 births Category:1929 deaths Category:American botanists