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WYMAN, Jeffries (1814 – 1874)

WYMAN, Jeffries (1814 – 1874)

1814 – 1874

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1847 CE

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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.