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SAVAGE, Thomas Staughton (1804 – 1880)

SAVAGE, Thomas Staughton (1804 – 1880)

1804 – 1880

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Photographer unknown; University of Virginia archives - see also this · Yale Alumni Magazine - The missionary and the gorilla Sep/Oct 2008 Vol LXXII, No 1 - original source Theological Seminary of Virginia - University of Virginia · Public domain

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1847 CE

#329.1

A description of the characters and habits of troglodytes gorilla, a new species of orang from the Gaboon River, by Thomas S. Savage; Osteology of the same by Jeffries Wyman.

SAVAGE, Thomas Staughton (1804 – 1880)
SAVAGE, Thomas Staughton (1804 – 1880)
WYMAN, Jeffries (1814 – 1874)
WYMAN, Jeffries (1814 – 1874)

First description of the gorilla. Savage, an American physician/clergyman, worked extensively as a missionary physician in Africa. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.