Buck Stanton (Jesuit)

"Buck" Stanton (1870–1909) was an American Jesuit priest and naturalist who was a missionary to British Honduras, today's Belize.

He was a naturalist, contributing specimens of the country’s flora to the Smithsonian Institution, and discovering the Asplenium Stantonii Copeland, a fern plant.

[1] The Smithsonian also credits him with discovering 67 new varieties of hymenopterous insects, of which one genus and eight species are named after him.

[2] While teaching biology at St. John’s College, he organized the first field day, beginning a long tradition of sporting events in the Belizean community.

"[2] He wrote of battling his way for 40 miles through the bush, about 10 of it on foot with a 50-pound saddle bag after his horse slipped its halter.