William Sanson Vaux
1811–82
American mineralogist and archaeologist. President, Zoological Society of Philadelphia; vice-president, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, 1864–73, 1876–82. Founder member, American Association for the Advancement of Science; treasurer, 1871–82.
Source
Appleton’s cyclopædia of American biography.
Bibliography
Appleton’s cyclopædia of American biography. Edited by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske. 6 vols. New York: D. Appleton. 1887–9.
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