Dr. James Franklin (Jim) Clements (October 31, 1927 – June 9, 2005) was an ornithologist and author and a very successful businessman. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ornithology (from Greek ὄρνις ὄρνιθος ornis, ornithos, "bird" and λόγος logos, "knowledge" is the branch of An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created He was born in New York. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous
He married Mary Norton and they had two sons. His second marriage, which lasted 14 years, was to Christina. He married a third time, to Karen.
He received his Ph.D. from California Western University in 1975. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. History Alliant International University is an independent not-for-profit university formed in July 2001 as a result of a merger between California School of Professional Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. His thesis became the first edition of his Birds of the World, A Check List (now in its sixth edition). Clements was mostly finished with the sixth edition at the time of his death, and responsibility for the series was taken up by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology by arrangement with Clements's widow, Karen. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is an institute whose mission is “To interpret and conserve the earth’s biological diversity through research education and citizen science focused The Ornithology Lab finished the sixth edition, maintains corrections and updates for it, and plans to publish future editions. [1]
A bird, the Iquitos Gnatcatcher, Polioptila clementsi, is named after him. The Iquitos Gnatcatcher Polioptila clementsi is a Gnatcatcher (Polioptilidae described as new to science in 2005
He died at Tri-City Hospital, Oceanside, California of complications associated with acute myloid leukemia. Oceanside is the name of several different towns Oceanside California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Leukemia or leukaemia (Greek leukos λευκός, "white" aima αίμα, "blood" is a Cancer of the Blood
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The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World is a book by Jim Clements which presents a list of the bird species of the worldDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic