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December 5, 1855
Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist, and ethnographer (died 1942)
Clinton Hart Merriam
Clinton Hart Merriam was an American zoologist, mammalogist, ornithologist, entomologist, ecologist, ethnographer, geographer, naturalist and physician. He was commonly known as the "father of mammalogy," a branch of zoology referring to the study of mammals.