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Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American conchologist and paleontologist (died 1864)

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Joseph Pitty Couthouy

American paleontologist

Joseph Pitty Couthouy was an American naval officer, conchologist, and invertebrate palaeontologist. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he entered the Boston Latin School in 1820. He married Mary Greenwood Wild on 9 March 1832.
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January 6

Day of the year

January 6 is the sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 359 days remain until the end of the year.
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