George Franklin Gaumer
U.S. naturalist, zoologist, botanist & physician (1850-1929)
George Franklin Gaumer (1850–1929) was an American doctor and naturalist, born in Monroe, Indiana. In 1868, he enrolled at a university in Kansas, graduating in 1876. He traveled to Cuba in 1878, to Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula from 1878 to 1881, and through the Southwestern United States from 1882 to 1884. During these expeditions, he collected numerous biological specimens, particularly birds.
In 1884, Gaumer settled permanently in the Yucatán Peninsula, where he practiced medicine in Izamal while continuing his extensive biological collecting. He is credited with discovering several species previously unknown to science. Many of his collections were sent to specialists at the British Museum in London and the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. He published his scientific observations in both English and Spanish.
As a doctor in Yucatán
In Izamal, Gaumer established a chemical and botanical laboratory, which he named the Izamal Chemical Company. After his death, the company was continued by his two sons.
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