William Edwin Safford [SEP] occupation
William Edwin Safford
William Edwin Safford (December 14, 1859, Chillicothe, Ohio – January 10, 1926) was an American botanist, ethnologist, and educator employed by the U.S. Navy and federal government.
Safford graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1880 and pursued advanced studies at Yale and Harvard. He served in the Spanish–American War. In 1899 he was appointed deputy to the naval governor of Guam, Richard P. Leary. In practice, however, Leary delegated day-to-day administrative and judicial
- "Ant Acacias and Acacia Ants of Mexico and Central America" (1923)
References.
- "William Edwin Safford" (Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University)
- "William Edwin Safford" (Washington Biologists' Field Club)
External links.
- William Edwin Safford Papers from the Smithsonian Institution Archives