Daniel Cady Eaton

Beautiful Ferns Daniel Cady Eaton

Beautiful Ferns by Daniel Cady Eaton; Illustrated by Charles Edward Faxon and J. H. Emerton and from Original Water-Color Drawings after Nature. Daniel Cady Eaton (1834-1895) was an American botanist and author. He gained his bachelor's degree at Yale University, then went on to Harvard University where he studied with Asa Gray. He then went back to Yale where he was a botany professor and herbarium curator. Eaton is the grandson of Amos Eaton. He also worked in Utah, contributing to the US-Mexican Boundary Survey and various geological surveys.