Charles Pickering (November 10, 1805 – March 17, 1878) was an American naturalist.
Born in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, the grandson of Colonel Timothy Pickering, he grew up in Wenham, Massachusetts and received a medical degree from Harvard University in 1823. A practicing physician in Philadelphia, he became active as librarian and curator at the city's Academy of Natural Sciences.
Pickering went with the United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842 as one of its naturalists. Charles Wilkes, the expedition's commander, named Pickering Passage in honor of Charles Pickering.[1]
Upon his return Pickering was appointed to a post at the Patent Office. This did not last long; in 1843 he traveled to Africa and India to research native races.
He later moved to Boston, where he resumed his medical practice.
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