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Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926

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1864 May 19 - 1926 November 17
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Carl Ethan Akeley (born May 19, 1864, Clarendon, New York— died November 17, 1926, Belgian Congo, Africa), taxidermist, sculptor, inventor, explorer, and naturalist, who led five expeditions to Africa, three of which for the Museum of Natural History where he gathered specimens for his African Hall Exhibition. He is the author of the book In Brightest Africa.

Cartier Expedition 1920

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1920
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In 1920, the Cartier Expedition led by Nels C. Nelson, Curator of North American Archaeology, accompanied by B.T.B. Hyde, went to Grand Gulch in an attempt to identify the particular cliff-houses and canyons from which the museum’s collection was taken.

Hyde Exploring Expedition

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1893 - 1899
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The Hyde Exploring Expeditions to Chaco Canyon, New Mexico excavated ancient Anasazi cliff dwelling civilizations and discovered an earlier "Basketmaker" civilization beneath the canyon floor. The expeditions were sponsored by Benjamin Talbot Babbitt (B.T.B.) Hyde and and his younger brother Frederic Erastus Hyde, Jr., were conducted under the auspices of Frederic Putnam, Curator of Anthropology in the American Museum of Natural History. Richard Wetherill was the expedition leader and guide. George Hubbard Pepper was the lead archaeologist. The Hyde expeditions also included ethnological studies by Aleṧ Hrdlička, who set up a laboratory in Pueblo Bonito.

Hyman, Libbie Henrietta, 1888-1969

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1888 December 6 - 1969 August 3
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Libbie Henrietta Hyman (born December 6, 1888, Fort Dodge, Iowa, in 1888 — died August 3, 1969, New York, New York), scientist, zoologist, author, who researched and published numerous writings on invertebrates. She became affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History in 1933, when she accepted a position as a research associate in the Department of Experimental Biology. In 1943, she was named research associate in the Department of Invertebrates. She is the author of numerous publications, including: A Laboratory Manual for Elementary Zoology, A Laboratory Manual for Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, six volumes of The Invertebrates.

Jacob H. Schiff Chinese Expedition (1901-1904)

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1901 - 1904
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The American Museum of Natural History's 1901-1904 Expedition to China was one of the first American attempts to study the history and culture of a literate, technologically sophisticated civilization. Led by Berthold Laufer, the expedition was intended to be a holistic anthropological study, documenting the industrial and social life of the Chinese people. Laufer's work encompassed ethnology, archaeology and physical anthropology; his collections included books, paintings, inscriptions, bas-reliefs, bronzes, pottery, metal mirrors, theater puppets and musical transcriptions.(1)

Laufer, Berthold 1874-1934

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1874 October 11 - 1934 September 13
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Berthold Laufer was a philologist, anthropologist, museum curator and sinologist. Laufer was born in Germany and studied Asian languages at the University of Leipzig. In 1898 and 1899 he led expeditions to Sakhalin and the Amur River region of Siberia during the Jesup North Pacific Expedition directed by Franz Boas, who became Laufer's mentor. From 1901 to 1904, Laufer worked in China, collecting for the American Museum of Natural History. Laufer moved to the Field Museum of Natural History in 1907, becoming curator of anthropology, and leading two more expeditions: to China and Tibet in 1908-1910, and to China in 1923. Laufer published over 200 works on ethnology, language studies, art, archaeology, and the histories of domestic animals and cultivated plants.
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