Prof. Alpheus Hyatt, Jr.

1838 - 1902  (63 years)

• Name	Alpheus Hyatt  [1, 2, 3]
  Prefix	Prof.
  Suffix	Jr.
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	5 Apr 1838	Washington, D.C.
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Jan 1902	Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
  Siblings	3 siblings
  1. Louise Hyatt           d. Yes, date unknown
  2. Ida Hyatt           d. Yes, date unknown
  3. Rufus Hyatt           d. Yes, date unknown
  Notes	He, and especially his wife, were important genealogists for this branch of the Hyatt family. He was known as "neo-Lamarckian" in his approach to Biology and Paleontology. Prof. at MIT, and first president of Woods Hole Biological Laboratory. He has an entry in the American National Biography, and he is included on the Civil War page. According to S280, "During the Civil War he served in the 47th Mass. Regt. with the rank of Capt. Naturalist, author, and teacher, his activities covered a wide ranc; writer of philosophical papers, organizers of societies, Museum Administrator, Pres. of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Prof. of Zoology and Paleontology in the Mass. Institute of Technology, instigator and director of ‘The Teacher's School of Science,' Boston; Fellow of teh Amer. Acad. of Arts and Soiences; member of the Natl. Acad. of Science. He was an assistant of Loius Agassiz; introduced Biology into the public schools; was a Prof. of Harvard University."
  Person ID	I3940	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2006

  
  

  Father	Alpheus Hyatt, Sr.           b. Prince George's Co., Maryland           d. 1865
  Mother	Harriet Randolph King           b. Baltimore Co., Maryland           d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2654	|  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Audella "Della" Beebe           b. 1840, Kinderhook, Columbia Co., New York           d. Aft 1927  (Age > 88 years)
  Married	7 Jan 1867
  Children	1. Harriet Randolph Hyatt           b. 25 Apr 1868   2. Alpheus Hyatt, III           d. Yes, date unknown 3. Anna Vaughn Hyatt           b. 10 Mar 1876, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts           d. 4 Oct 1973  (Age 97 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2006
  Family ID	F2715	|  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 5 Apr 1838 - Washington, D.C.  Died - 15 Jan 1902 - Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts   = Link to Google Earth
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• Reference

  Pitard, Derrick. "Prof. Alpheus Hyatt, Jr.". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I3940&tree=1sttree (accessed September 25, 2020).