Daniel G. BrintonDaniel Garrison Brinton (May 13, 1837 – July 31, 1899) was a surgeon, historian, archaeologist, and ethnologist from the United States. Brinton was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in Thornbury Township. Brinton graduated from Yale University in1858 and spent the next year traveling in Europe after attending Jefferson Medical College for two years. He pursued his studies further in Paris and Heidelberg. During the American Civil War, he served as a surgeon in the Union army from 1862 to 1865, serving as surgeon-in-charge of the US Army general hospital in Quincy, Illinois, from 1864 to 1865. Brinton got sunburned at Missionary Ridge (the Third Battle of Chattanooga) and was never able to travel in extremely hot weather again. This handicap has an impact on his work as an ethnologist. Read More Read Less