Biographical Articles
1. Romero, A. 2002. Between the first blind cavefish and the last of the
Mohicans: the scientific romanticism of James E. DeKay. Journal of
Spelean History 36(1):19-29.
2. Welch, R.F. 1996. James E. DeKay: the man behind the snake. Reptile
and Amphibian Magazine (Jan-Feb):58-63.
Biographical Notes and Sketches
1. Allibone, S.A. 1858-1871 (1965). Allibone's Critical Dictionary of
English Literature. British and American authors living and deceased from
the earliest accounts to the latter half of the Nineteenth Century.
Three volumes. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., Reprint. Detroit:
GaleResearch (Vol. 1:490).
2. Preston, W. 1940 (1974). American Biographies. New York: Harper &
Brothers Publishers, Reprint. Detroit: Gale Research.
3. Sterling, K.B. 1999. James E. DeKay, 6, 356-357, In: Garraty, J.A. & M.C.
Carnes (Eds.). American National Biography. 24 volumes. New York:
Oxford University Press.
4. Wilson, J.G. & J. Fiske (Eds.). 1888-1889 (1968). Appleton's
Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Six volumes. New York: D. Appleton &
Co., Reprint. Detroit: Gale Research, (In Vol. 2:125-126).
5. Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and
Environmentalists. Edited by Keir B. Sterling, Richard P. Harmond,
George A. Cevasco, and Lorne F. Hammond. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press,
1997. In pp. 201-203.
6. Biographical Dictionary of American Science. The
seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries. By Clark A. Elliott.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press,1979. In p. 75.
7. Biographical Index to American Science. The
seventeenth century to 1920.Compiled by Clark A. Elliott. Bibliographies
and Indexes in American History, no. 16. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990. In
p. 61.
8. Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical
material in books and magazines. Volume 23: September, 1997-August 1998.
New York: H.W. WilsonCo., 1998. In: p. 96. |
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9. A Dictionary of American Authors. Fifth edition, revised and
enlarged. By Oscar Fay Adams. New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1904. Reprint.
Detroit: Gale Research, 1969. Biographies are found in the "Dictionary of
American Authors" section which begins on page 1 and in the "Supplement"
which begins on page 441. p. 94.
10. Dictionary of American Biography. Volumes 1-20. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1928-1936. In pp. 203-204.
11. Dictionary of American Medical Biography. Lives of eminent physicians
of the United States and Canada, from the earliest times. By Howard A.
Kellyand Walter L. Burrage. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1928. Reprint.
RoadTown, Tortola, British Virgin Islands: Longwood Press, 1979. In pp.
313-314.
12. A Dictionary of North American Authors Deceased before 1950.
Compiled by W. Stewart Wallace. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1951. Reprint.
Detroit: Gale Research, 1968. In p. 116.
13. Drake's Dictionary of American Biography. Including men of the time,
containing nearly 10,000 notices of persons of both sexes, of native and
foreign birth, who have been remarkable, or prominently connected with the
arts, sciences, literature, politics, or history, of the American continent.
By Francis S. Drake. Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1872.Reprint. Detroit:
Gale Research, 1974. p. 262.
14. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume 9. New
York: James T. White & Co., 1899. Reprint. Volumes 1-50. Ann Arbor,Mich.:
University Microfilms, 1967 1971. Use the Index to locate biographies. In
pp. 204-205.
15. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans.
Brief biographies of authors, administrators, clergymen, commanders,
editors, engineers, jurists, merchants, officials, philanthropists,
scientists, statesmen, and others who are making American history. 10
volumes. Edited by Rossiter Johnson. Boston: The Biographical Society, 1904.
Reprint. Detroit: Gale Research, 1968.
16. Who Was Who in America. A component volume of "Who's Who in
American History." Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Revised Edition. Chicago:
Marquis Who's Who, 1967. In: Historical Volume: p. 212 |