He was a noted scientist and a naturalist and American archaeologist that from 1852-1858, was educated at the Trenton Academy and studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania from 1860-1865, although he did not practice medicine.
He was very interested in archaeology and Indian history in New Jersey's Delaware Valley.
He was part of a group that was focused on early human occupations that sought artifacts to determine such occupations. He was best known to the Trenton Gravels site as an investigator.
He was the son of Timothy and Susan Conrad Abbott and born in a brick house on Broad Street, then "Mill Hill". He married to Julia Boggs Olden, February 13, 1867. His paternal ancestry goes back to England and his maternal to Germany.
He was appointed to Cambridge, Massachusetts Peabody Museum in 1875 presenting them his collection of early Indian materials. He was also associated with the Museum of Science and Art of the University of Pennsylvania.
He joined Company A, National Guards, New Jersey Volunteers, in June 1863.
He published hundreds of short papers in Popular Science Monthly, Science Gossip, and American Naturalist. He was widely known for his works to a nature study near Trenton, "A Naturalist's Rambles about Home in 1884, along with "Upland and Meadow" in 1886, "Days Out of Doors" in 1889, "Recent Rambles" in 1892, and "Travels in a Tree-top in 1894.
His most prominent contribution was Primative Industry or Illustrations of Handiwork in Stone, Bone, and Clay of the Native Races of the North Atlantic Seaboard in 1881.
Bio by Scott Balyer
He was very interested in archaeology and Indian history in New Jersey's Delaware Valley.
He was part of a group that was focused on early human occupations that sought artifacts to determine such occupations. He was best known to the Trenton Gravels site as an investigator.
He was the son of Timothy and Susan Conrad Abbott and born in a brick house on Broad Street, then "Mill Hill". He married to Julia Boggs Olden, February 13, 1867. His paternal ancestry goes back to England and his maternal to Germany.
He was appointed to Cambridge, Massachusetts Peabody Museum in 1875 presenting them his collection of early Indian materials. He was also associated with the Museum of Science and Art of the University of Pennsylvania.
He joined Company A, National Guards, New Jersey Volunteers, in June 1863.
He published hundreds of short papers in Popular Science Monthly, Science Gossip, and American Naturalist. He was widely known for his works to a nature study near Trenton, "A Naturalist's Rambles about Home in 1884, along with "Upland and Meadow" in 1886, "Days Out of Doors" in 1889, "Recent Rambles" in 1892, and "Travels in a Tree-top in 1894.
His most prominent contribution was Primative Industry or Illustrations of Handiwork in Stone, Bone, and Clay of the Native Races of the North Atlantic Seaboard in 1881.
Bio by Scott Balyer
He was a noted scientist and a naturalist and American archaeologist that from 1852-1858, was educated at the Trenton Academy and studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania from 1860-1865, although he did not practice medicine.
He was very interested in archaeology and Indian history in New Jersey's Delaware Valley.
He was part of a group that was focused on early human occupations that sought artifacts to determine such occupations. He was best known to the Trenton Gravels site as an investigator.
He was the son of Timothy and Susan Conrad Abbott and born in a brick house on Broad Street, then "Mill Hill". He married to Julia Boggs Olden, February 13, 1867. His paternal ancestry goes back to England and his maternal to Germany.
He was appointed to Cambridge, Massachusetts Peabody Museum in 1875 presenting them his collection of early Indian materials. He was also associated with the Museum of Science and Art of the University of Pennsylvania.
He joined Company A, National Guards, New Jersey Volunteers, in June 1863.
He published hundreds of short papers in Popular Science Monthly, Science Gossip, and American Naturalist. He was widely known for his works to a nature study near Trenton, "A Naturalist's Rambles about Home in 1884, along with "Upland and Meadow" in 1886, "Days Out of Doors" in 1889, "Recent Rambles" in 1892, and "Travels in a Tree-top in 1894.
His most prominent contribution was Primative Industry or Illustrations of Handiwork in Stone, Bone, and Clay of the Native Races of the North Atlantic Seaboard in 1881.
Bio by Scott Balyer
He was very interested in archaeology and Indian history in New Jersey's Delaware Valley.
He was part of a group that was focused on early human occupations that sought artifacts to determine such occupations. He was best known to the Trenton Gravels site as an investigator.
He was the son of Timothy and Susan Conrad Abbott and born in a brick house on Broad Street, then "Mill Hill". He married to Julia Boggs Olden, February 13, 1867. His paternal ancestry goes back to England and his maternal to Germany.
He was appointed to Cambridge, Massachusetts Peabody Museum in 1875 presenting them his collection of early Indian materials. He was also associated with the Museum of Science and Art of the University of Pennsylvania.
He joined Company A, National Guards, New Jersey Volunteers, in June 1863.
He published hundreds of short papers in Popular Science Monthly, Science Gossip, and American Naturalist. He was widely known for his works to a nature study near Trenton, "A Naturalist's Rambles about Home in 1884, along with "Upland and Meadow" in 1886, "Days Out of Doors" in 1889, "Recent Rambles" in 1892, and "Travels in a Tree-top in 1894.
His most prominent contribution was Primative Industry or Illustrations of Handiwork in Stone, Bone, and Clay of the Native Races of the North Atlantic Seaboard in 1881.
Bio by Scott Balyer
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