Robert Ridgway
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title:
Robert Ridgway
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Robert Ridgway was an American ornithologist specializing in systematics. He was appointed in 1880 by Spencer Fullerton Baird, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to be the first full-time curator of birds at the United States National Museum, a title he held until his death. In 1883, he helped found the American Ornithologists' Union, where he served as officer and journal editor. Ridgway was an outstanding descriptive taxonomist, capping his life work with The Birds of North and Middle A
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American ornithologist (1850–1929)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ridgway
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2004-03-04T13:45:45Z
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2024-09-08T04:30:33Z
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