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American ornithologist
Dean Arthur Amadon
(June 5, 1912 ? January 12, 2003) was an American
ornithologist
and an authority on birds of prey.
Amadon was born in
Milwaukee
,
Wisconsin
to Arthur and Mary Amadon. He received a BS from
Hobart College
in 1934 and a Ph.D. from
Cornell University
in 1947. In 1937 he joined the
American Museum of Natural History
in
New York City
and was Chairman of the Department of Ornithology there from 1957 until 1973. In 1942, he married Octavia Gardella and had two daughters: Susan Avis and Emily Yvonne.
Amadon was a member of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science
, president of the
American Ornithologists' Union
from 1964 to 1966 and
Linnaean Society of New York
. He joined The Explorers Club in 1959. His books include
Birds Around the World: A Geographical Look at Evolution and Birds
(1966),
[1]
Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World
(1968) with
Leslie H. Brown
,
[2]
and
Curassows and Related Birds
(1973) with
Jean Delacour
[3]
(2nd edition, 2004).
[4]
He died on January 12, 2003, in his home at 25 Kenwood Road,
Tenafly, New Jersey
.
[5]
References
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Friedmann, Herbert (1966-02-11).
"Review of
Birds Around the World: A Geographical Look at Evolution and Birds
by Dean Amadon"
.
Science
.
151
(3711). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): 680?681.
doi
:
10.1126/science.151.3711.680.b
.
ISSN
0036-8075
.
S2CID
239573017
.
p. 681
- ^
Spofford, Walter R. (1970-08-07).
"Review of
Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World
by Leslie Brown and Dean Amadon"
.
Science
.
169
(3945). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): 572?573.
doi
:
10.1126/science.169.3945.572
.
ISSN
0036-8075
.
p. 573
- ^
Johnsgard, Paul A.
(April 1974).
"Review of
Curassows and Related Birds
by Jean Delacour & Dean Amadon"
.
The Auk
.
91
(2): 445?448.
- ^
Pereira, Sergio L. (1 May 2005).
"Review of
Curassows and Related Birds
, Second Edition"
.
The Condor
.
107
(2): 479?480.
doi
:
10.1093/condor/107.2.479
.
- ^
Saxon, Wolfgang.
"Dean Amadon, an Authority On Birds of Prey, Dies at 90"
,
The New York Times
, January 15, 2003. Accessed May 11, 2017. "Dean Amadon, a renowned authority on birds of prey and former Lamont curator of birds at the American Museum of Natural History, died Sunday at his home in Tenafly, N.J."
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