Timothy Abbott Conrad

Timothy Abbott Conrad
Born(1803-06-21)June 21, 1803
DiedAugust 9, 1877(1877-08-09) (aged 74)
Trenton, New Jersey
Known forTertiary and Cretaceous shells; mollusks; Monography of the Family Unionidae
AwardsAmerican Philosophical Society
Scientific career
Fields
  • geology
  • malacology
Author abbrev. (zoology)Conrad

Timothy Abbott Conrad[1] (June 21, 1803 in Trenton, New Jersey – August 9, 1877 in Trenton)[2] was an American geologist and malacologist.

  1. ^ Sources differ as to whether his name was Timothy Abbott Conrad or Timothy Conrad Abbott (see List of people from Trenton, New Jersey).
  2. ^ Anonymous (1897). "Timothy Abbott Conrad". The Nautilus. 10 (10): 110–112.