John Eatton Le Conte
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John Eatton Le Conte Jr. was an American naturalist. He was born near Shrewsbury, New Jersey, the son of John Eatton Le Conte and Jane Sloane Le Conte. He graduated from Columbia College, where he sho
Portrait of John Eatton Le Conte taken in 1860, the year of his death
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, formerly the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, is the oldest natural science research institution and museum in the Americas. It was fo
John Eatton Le Conte
…served as vice-president of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. When he moved to Philadelphia after 1841, he was elected vice-president of the Academy of Natural Sciences. In 1851, he was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society. John Eatton Le Conte married Mary Ann Hampton Lawrence on July 22, 1821…
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in March 2024
The Academy in 1912
A bronze Deinonychus statue located outside the museum
A historical marker outside Academy of Natural Sciences, where Meriwether Lewis met with scientists and purchased supplies in May 1803 before departing on the Lewis and Clark Expedition