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A. Hyatt Verrill


Born
in New Haven (Connecticut), The United States
July 23, 1871

Died
November 14, 1954

Genre
Science, Science Fiction


Alpheus Hyatt Verrill, known as Hyatt Verrill, was an American zoologist, explorer, inventor, illustrator and author. He was the son of Addison Emery Verrill (1839–1926), the first professor of zoology at Yale University.

Hyatt Verrill wrote on a wide variety of topics, including natural history, travel, radio and whaling. He participated in a number of archaeological expeditions to the West Indies, South, and Central America. He travelled extensively throughout the West Indies, and all of the Americas, North, Central and South. Theodore Roosevelt stated: "It was my friend Verrill here, who really put the West Indies on the map.”

During 1896 he served as natural history editor of Webster's International Dictionary., and he illustrated many of ...more

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Average rating: 3.66 · 848 ratings · 97 reviews · 362 distinct works • Similar authors
Knots, Splices and Rope Work
3.68 avg rating — 418 ratings — published 1944 — 78 editions
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The Radio Detectives
3.74 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2012 — 51 editions
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The Plague of the Living Dead
3.58 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1927 — 5 editions
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Vampires of the Desert
2.89 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1929 — 8 editions
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Strange customs, manners, a...
3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — 8 editions
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The Bridge of Light
3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1929 — 14 editions
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The World of Giant Ants
3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions
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The Feathered Detective
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When The Moon Ran Wild
2.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1962 — 2 editions
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