Contribution to Book
Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden
The Dictionary of World Biography
(1999)
Abstract
Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden was born in south- •
west Massachusetts in 1829. After his father's
death, his mother sent him at age ten to live with an
uncle on a farm near Rochester, New York. An ambitious
young man, Hayden left the farm at age sixteen.
He taught school for two years before walking
to Oberlin College in Ohio; he gained entrance
despite a lack of financial assistance and worked
his way through to graduation. Hayden studied geology
at the school and graduated in 1850. He then
entered Albany Medical School, completed his
doctor of medicine degree in 1853, and continued
his study of geology and paleontology.
Disciplines
Publication Date
1999
Publisher
Salem Press
Publisher Statement
Copyright 1999 Salem Press
Citation Information
Jeff Bremer. "Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden" Los AngelesThe Dictionary of World Biography Vol. 5 (1999) p. 1072 - 1074 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jeff_bremer/17/