Book ID: CBB000077741

Biographical dictionary of American and Canadian naturalists and environmentalists (1997)

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Greenwood Press


Publication Date: 1997
Edition Details: Edited by Sterling, Keir B. ... [et al.]
Physical Details: xix + 937 pp.; notes; index

Description Contains biographical sketches of 445 individuals who lived and/or worked in Canada and the United States between the years 1500 and 1997. The terms naturalists and environmentalists are interpreted very broadly to include explorers, mapmakers, government officials, museum directors, academics, and others who were involved in the study of nature and the environment.


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Review Barrow, M.V., Jr. (1998) Review of "Biographical dictionary of American and Canadian naturalists and environmentalists". Journal of the History of Biology (pp. 300-2). unapi

Review Dunlap, T.R. (1998) Review of "Biographical dictionary of American and Canadian naturalists and environmentalists". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 587-88). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Sterling, Keir B.
Elliott, Clark A.
Bonta, Marcia Myers
Taylor, David
Linsley, E. Gorton
Ewan, Nesta Dunn
Concepts
Sourcebooks
Science
Systematic zoology
Ornithology
Medicine
Mammalogy
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
Institutions
American Society of Mammalogists
United States. Biological Survey
United States. Army
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