William Healey Dall | |
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| Born | William Healey Cranch Dall August 21, 1845 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America |
| Died | March 27, 1927 (aged 81) Washington, D.C., United States of America |
| Education | English High School of Boston, Harvard College (did not graduate) |
| Known for | Exploration of Alaska, malacology, founding the National Geographic Society |
| Spouse | Annette Whitney (married 1880) |
| Children | Charles Whitney Dall, Marcus Healey Dall, Marian Dall |
| Parent(s) | Charles Henry Appleton Dall, Caroline Healey Dall |
| Awards | Honorary Doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania,[1] Honorary A.M. from Wesleyan University, Honorary L.L.D. from George Washington University, Gold Medal from Wagner Free Institute of Science, member of National Academy of Sciences, Foreign fellow of the Geological Society of London |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Malacologist, Naturalist, Anthropologist, Biologist, Explorer, Cartographer, Paleontologist |
| Institutions | Western Union, Smithsonian Institution, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, United States Geological Survey |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Dall |
William Healey Dall (August 21, 1845 – March 27, 1927) was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska. He described many mollusks of the Pacific Northwest of North America, and was for many years America's preeminent authority on living and fossil mollusks.
Dall also made substantial contributions to ornithology, zoology, physical and cultural anthropology, oceanography, and paleontology. In addition he carried out meteorological observations in Alaska for the Smithsonian Institution.