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Faunthorpe-Vernay Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1922-1923)

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1922 - 1929
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The mission of the Faunthorpe-Vernay Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History was to amass a collection of mammals and other animals that represented the South Asian region. The work was begun with the 1923 expedition and continued through 1929. The main participants were Col. John Champion Faunthorpe and Arthur Stannard Vernay, two British men who were previously unassociated with the Museum. Funding was provided by Vernay and the Jesup Fund through the Department of Mammals. The Expedition took place primarily in India, Burma, and Nepal, and added an invaluable collection to the Museum’s holdings. The Vernay-Faunthorpe Hall of South Asiatic Mammals, consisting of material exclusively collected on these expeditions, opened on November 17, 1930.

Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944

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1889 April 16 - 1944 April 5
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Henry Cushier Raven, (born April 16, 1889, Brooklyn, New York, U.S. -- died April 4, 1944), was an expert scientific illustrator, taxidermist, and collector of essential expedition specimens for several of the top natural history institutions in the United States, including Columbia University, Cornell University, Colorado Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian Institution, and the American Museum of Natural History. His research and species data collecting brought him all over the world, resulting in the acquisition of hundreds of physical specimens (resulting in many dissection illustrations) as well as copious photographic and moving-picture evidence of their natural movement and habitats.

Vernay, Arthur Stannard 1877-1960

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1877 May 11 - 1960 October 25
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Arthur Stannard Vernay was an English-born antiques dealer, hunting enthusiast, naturalist and philanthropist. He immigrated to the United States in 1905 and opened the first of his antiques galleries in 1906, which he would run until his retirement in 1941. He is especially well known for his extensive expeditionary work collecting animal specimens for many cultural institutions, notably the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. On behalf of this Museum, he traveled to India, Burma, Angola, Tibet and the Kalahari Desert.
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