Clinton Hart Merriam

Clinton Hart Merriam

Born	December 5, 1855(1855-12-05) New York City
Died	March 19, 1942 (aged 86) Berkeley, California
Nationality	USA
Fields	Zoology Ornithology Ethnography
Institutions	United States Department of Agriculture National Geographic Society
Known for	Life zone

Clinton Hart Merriam (December 5, 1855-March 19, 1942) was an American zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist and ethnographer. Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year The City of New York Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Zoology (from Greek ζῷον, zoon, "animal" + λόγος, " Logos " "knowledge" is the branch of Ornithology (from Greek ὄρνις ὄρνιθος ornis, ornithos, "bird" and λόγος logos, "knowledge" is the branch of Ethnography ( Greek ethnos = people and graphein = writing is a genre of writing that uses Fieldwork to provide a descriptive Overview The NGS's historical mission is "to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the world's cultural historical and natural The Life Zone concept was developed by C Hart Merriam in 1889 as a means of describing areas with similar Plant and Animal communities Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

He was born in New York City in 1855. The City of New York His father, Clinton Levi Merriam, was a U. S. congressman. He studied biology and anatomy at Yale University and went on to obtain an M.D. from the School of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in 1879. Doctor of Medicine ( MD or MD, from the Latin Medicinæ Doctor meaning "Teacher of Medicine" is a doctoral Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League.

In 1886, he became the first chief of the Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy of the United States Department of Agriculture, predecessor to the National Wildlife Research Center and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. He was one of the original founders of the National Geographic Society in 1888. Overview The NGS's historical mission is "to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the world's cultural historical and natural He developed the "life zones" concept to classify biomes found in North America. The Life Zone concept was developed by C Hart Merriam in 1889 as a means of describing areas with similar Plant and Animal communities A biome is a climatically and geographically defined area of ecologically similar climatic conditions such as communities of Plants Animals and

In 1899, he helped railroad magnate E. H. Harriman to organize an exploratory voyage along the Alaska coastline. Edward Henry Harriman ( February 20 1848 &ndash September 9 1909) better known as E The Harriman Alaska Expedition was an expedition organized by E Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent

Some species of animals that bear his name are Merriam's Wild Turkey Meliagris gallopavo meriami, the now extinct Merriam's Elk Cervus elaphus merriami, and Merriam's Chipmunk Tamias merriami. Much of his detail-oriented taxonomy continues to be influential within mammalogical and ornithological circles.

Later in life, funded by the Harriman family, Merriam's focus shifted to studying and assisting the Native American tribes in the western United States. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States His contributions on the myths of central California and on ethnogeography were particularly noteworthy.

His sister Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey was a pioneering ornithologist who introduced the idea of popular field guides for bird identification. Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey ( August 8, 1863 - September 22, 1948) was an American Ornithologist and nature writer

He died in Berkeley, California in 1942. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.

References

Bean, Lowell John. 1993. "Introduction". In The Dawn of the World: Myths and Tales of the Miwok Indians of California, by C. Hart Merriam, pp. 1-12. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.
Kroeber, A. L. 1955. "C. Hart Merriam as Anthropologist". In Studies of California Indians, by C. Hart Merriam, pp. vii-xiv. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Sterling, Keir B. 1974. The Last of the Naturalists: The Career of C. Hart Merriam. Arno Press, New York.
Anon. 1942 [Merriam, C. H. ] Ent. News 53:150
Anon. 1942 [Merriam, C. H. ] Science 95: 318
Daubunnire, R. F. 1938: [Merriam, C. H. ]. Quart. Rev. Biol. 13:327-332

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NAME	Merriam, Clinton Hart
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American zoologist and ornithologist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 5, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City
DATE OF DEATH	March 19, 1942
PLACE OF DEATH	Berkeley, California

The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year The City of New York Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.

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