Theodore Lyman III* (1833-08-23 - 1897-09-09) person

Harvard graduate 1855. Studied under Louis Agassiz at Lawrence Scientific School. Served in Civil War 1863-1865 with the Army of the Potomac. MCZ founding underwrighter. Served one term in Congress.

Names for this agent

  • Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Lyman III
  • Theodore Lyman III (preferred)
  • Col. Lyman (aka)
  • Theodore Lyman Esq. (abbreviation)
  • Lyman, T. (author)
  • T. Lyman (second author)

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Collecting Event Map

  • Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Actinopterygii: Lophiidae (3 records) in year 1861
  • Actinopterygii: Ophichthidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Actinopterygii: Sparidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Anthozoa: Actiniidae (1 record) in year 1862
  • Anthozoa: Agariciidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Anthozoa: Faviidae (4 records) in year 1859
  • Anthozoa: Flabellidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Anthozoa: Mussidae (2 records) in year 1856
  • Asteroidea: Asterinidae (1 record) in year 1872
  • Asteroidea: Astropectinidae (4 records) in year 1862
  • Aves: Accipitridae (2 records) none known to year
  • Aves: Alaudidae (1 record) in year 1861
  • Aves: Alcidae (2 records) in year 1861
  • Aves: Anatidae (1 record) in year 1861
  • Aves: Apodidae (1 record) in year 1852
  • Aves: Ardeidae (3 records) in year 1910
  • Aves: Certhiidae (1 record) in year 1851
  • Aves: Charadriidae (3 records) in years 1851-1860
  • Aves: Columbidae (2 records) in year 1859
  • Aves: Corvidae (3 records) in year 1920
  • Aves: Cuculidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Aves: Emberizidae (18 records) in years 1851-1920
  • Aves: Estrildidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Aves: Fringillidae (1 record) in year 1852
  • Aves: Hemiprocnidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Aves: Hirundinidae (2 records) in year 1851
  • Aves: Mimidae (2 records) in year 1851
  • Aves: Muscicapidae (13 records) in years 1851-1912
  • Aves: Paridae (7 records) in year 1920
  • Aves: Parulidae (10 records) in years 1851-1857
  • Aves: Phasianidae (1 record) in year 1871
  • Aves: Picidae (2 records) in year 1851
  • Aves: Psittacidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Aves: Rallidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Aves: Scolopacidae (15 records) in years 1851-1861
  • Aves: Strigidae (2 records) in year 1912
  • Aves: Sturnidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Aves: Sylviidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Aves: Tetraonidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Aves: Trochilidae (1 record) in year 1854
  • Aves: Tyrannidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Aves: Vireonidae (1 record) in year 1851
  • Bivalvia: Anomiidae (2 records) in year 1859
  • Bivalvia: Cardiidae (1 record) in year 1862
  • Bivalvia: Myidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Mytilidae (4 records) in years 1856-1862
  • Bivalvia: Ostreidae (4 records) in year 1862
  • Bivalvia: Pectinidae (3 records) in year 1861
  • Bivalvia: Veneridae (1 record) in year 1859
  • Cephalopoda: Loliginidae (2 records) in year 1862
  • Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae (1 record) in year 1861
  • Cephalopoda: Sepiidae (6 records) in years 1861-1862
  • Chondrichthyes: Odontaspididae (1 record) none known to year
  • Chondrichthyes: Rajidae (5 records) in years 1861-1862
  • Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae (4 records) in years 1861-1862
  • Chondrichthyes: Squalidae (5 records) in year 1861
  • Chondrichthyes: Torpedinidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Chondrichthyes: Triakidae (4 records) in years 1861-1862
  • Cirripedia: [no family] (1 record) none known to year
  • Crinoidea: Antedonidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Parechinidae (2 records) in year 1861
  • Gastropoda: Cerithiidae (6 records) in years 1858-1862
  • Gastropoda: Clausiliidae (5 records) in years 1861-1862
  • Gastropoda: Helicidae (11 records) in years 1861-1862
  • Gastropoda: Limacidae (4 records) in year 1861
  • Gastropoda: Littorinidae (1 record) in year 1858
  • Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae (1 record) in year 1861
  • Gastropoda: Muricidae (4 records) in year 1862
  • Gastropoda: Neritidae (3 records) in year 1858
  • Gastropoda: Patellidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Planorbidae (1 record) in year 1862
  • Gastropoda: Strombidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Turbinidae (2 records) in year 1858
  • Hirudinea: Hirudinidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Holothuroidea: Cucumariidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Hydrozoa: Eudendriidae (1 record) in year 1851
  • Malacostraca: Atyidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Calappidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Coenobitidae (1 record) in year 1856
  • Malacostraca: Grapsidae (2 records) in years 1856-1860
  • Malacostraca: Nephropidae (2 records) in year 1860
  • Malacostraca: Ocypodidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Paguridae (3 records) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Palaemonidae (3 records) in years 1862-1863
  • Malacostraca: Palinuridae (3 records) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Portunidae (10 records) in years 1856-1862
  • Malacostraca: [no family] (2 records) in year 1863
  • Mammalia: Antilocapridae (2 records) in year 1900
  • Mammalia: Bovidae (13 records) in years 1907-1912
  • Mammalia: Cricetidae (4 records) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Equidae (2 records) in year 1908
  • Mammalia: Felidae (5 records) in year 1908
  • Mammalia: Geomyidae (1 record) in year 1920
  • Mammalia: Ochotonidae (2 records) in year 1920
  • Mammalia: Rhinocerotidae (1 record) in year 1908
  • Mammalia: Sciuridae (2 records) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Suidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Vespertilionidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Mammalia: [no family] (1 record) in year 1908
  • Merostomata: Limulidae (1 record) in year 1860
  • Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Acipenseridae (1 record) in year 1862
  • Osteichthyes: Anguillidae (7 records) in years 1859-1862
  • Osteichthyes: Atherinidae (4 records) in years 1861-1862
  • Osteichthyes: Atherinopsidae (2 records) in year 1859
  • Osteichthyes: Balistidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Belonidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Blenniidae (2 records) in year 1861
  • Osteichthyes: Caproidae (1 record) in year 1861
  • Osteichthyes: Carangidae (4 records) in year 1861
  • Osteichthyes: Centracanthidae (3 records) in year 1861
  • Osteichthyes: Centrarchidae (1 record) in year 1865
  • Osteichthyes: Citharidae (1 record) in year 1861
  • Osteichthyes: Clupeidae (17 records) in years 1859-1869
  • Osteichthyes: Cobitidae (1 record) in year 1862
  • Osteichthyes: Congridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Cottidae (3 records) in years 1861-1862
  • Osteichthyes: Cyclopteridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Cyprinidae (27 records) in years 1860-1862
  • Osteichthyes: Cyprinodontidae (2 records) in year 1859
  • Osteichthyes: Engraulidae (4 records) in year 1862
  • Osteichthyes: Esocidae (4 records) in years 1861-1865
  • Osteichthyes: Evermannellidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Fundulidae (2 records) in year 1859
  • Osteichthyes: Gadidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Gerreidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Gobiidae (7 records) in years 1861-1862
  • Osteichthyes: Hemiramphidae (1 record) in year 1856
  • Osteichthyes: Holocentridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Labridae (18 records) in years 1859-1871
  • Osteichthyes: Lotidae (5 records) in year 1861
  • Osteichthyes: Macrouridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Merlucciidae (2 records) in year 1861
  • Osteichthyes: Monacanthidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Moronidae (3 records) in year 1861
  • Osteichthyes: Mugilidae (5 records) in year 1861
  • Osteichthyes: Mullidae (3 records) in year 1861
  • Osteichthyes: Muraenidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Osmeridae (3 records) in year 1881
  • Osteichthyes: Percidae (8 records) in years 1861-1865
  • Osteichthyes: Phycidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Pleuronectidae (2 records) in year 1861
  • Osteichthyes: Pomacentridae (3 records) in year 1862
  • Osteichthyes: Pomatomidae (1 record) in year 1871
  • Osteichthyes: Salmonidae (14 records) in years 1861-1866
  • Osteichthyes: Sciaenidae (3 records) in years 1859-1871
  • Osteichthyes: Scombridae (2 records) in year 1861
  • Osteichthyes: Scophthalmidae (1 record) in year 1871
  • Osteichthyes: Scorpaenidae (3 records) in years 1861-1862
  • Osteichthyes: Serranidae (5 records) in year 1871
  • Osteichthyes: Soleidae (3 records) in years 1861-1862
  • Osteichthyes: Sparidae (8 records) in years 1859-1871
  • Osteichthyes: Synbranchidae (1 record) in year 1861
  • Osteichthyes: Syngnathidae (4 records) in years 1857-1862
  • Osteichthyes: Synodontidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Tetraodontidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Trachinidae (2 records) in year 1861
  • Osteichthyes: Triglidae (10 records) in years 1861-1871
  • Osteichthyes: Uranoscopidae (2 records) in year 1861
  • Osteichthyes: Zeidae (4 records) in years 1861-1862
  • Osteichthys: Batrachoididae (1 record) in year 1856
  • Osteichthys: Caesionidae (1 record) in year 1862
  • Osteichthys: Carapidae (1 record) in year 1856
  • Osteichthys: Nomeidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthys: Ophidiidae (2 records) in year 1862
  • Petromyzontidia: Petromyzontidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Polychaeta: Glyceridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Polychaeta: Maldanidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Polychaeta: Nereididae (1 record) in year 1860
  • Polychaeta: Polynoidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Polychaeta: Serpulidae (1 record) none known to year
  • : Antennariidae (1 record) none known to year
  • : Galeorhinidae (1 record) none known to year
  • : [no family] (30 records) in years 1856-1865

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