Background
The fourth child of Emily and Hiram Bailey, Vernon Orlando Bailey was born on June 21, 1864 in Manchester, Michigan.
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The fourth child of Emily and Hiram Bailey, Vernon Orlando Bailey was born on June 21, 1864 in Manchester, Michigan.
Student University of Michigan, 1893, Columbian (now George Washington University, 1894-1895.
He was employed by the Bureau of Biological Survey, United States Department of Agriculture (United States Department of Agriculture). His contributions to the Bureau of Biological Survey numbered roughly 13,000 specimens including many new species. Bailey published 244 monographs and articles during his career with the United States Department of Agriculture, and is best known for his biological surveys of Texas, New Mexico, North Dakota, and Oregon.
Hiram Bailey was a woodsman and a mason by trade.
Bailey and his pioneer family moved by horse-drawn wagon to Elk River, Minnesota in 1870. Bailey was appointed special field agent to the Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy in 1887.
By 1890, Bailey was awarded the title of Chief Field Naturalist. He served in this position until his retirement in 1933.
He was the president of the American Society of Mammalogists from 1933 to 1934.
The two traveled the United States together and separately collecting and observing specimens in the field They co-authored several articles including "Cave life of Kentucky" with Leonard Giovannoli, published in the September 1933 edition of American Midland Naturalist (Volume(s) 14, Number 5). Vernon Bailey Peak is a 6670 ft (2033 m) peak in Big Bend National Park in Texas.
Chrysothamnus baileyi Woot.
& Standl. Ostrya baileyi Rose (Ostrya baileyi is a synonym for Ostrya knowltonii)
Tillandsia baileyi Rose ex Small
Echinocereus baileyi Rose (This is now classified as a subspecies of Echinocereus reichenbachii)
Sarcobatus baileyi Coville. Yucca baileyi Woot. & Standl.
Campanula baileyi Eastwood. (Campanula baileyi is a synonym for Campanula wilkinsiana)
Crotaphytus collaris baileyi Stejneger, 1890 (This population is no longer considered a separate subspecies)
Canis lupus baileyi (Mexican wolf).
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Served as chief field naturalist, United States Biological Survey. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Ornithologists’ Union, Cooper Ornithological.
Club, American Forestry Association, Washington Academy Sciences, Biological Society Washington.
Married Florence Augusta Merriam, December 16, 1899.