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Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart) 1855-1942
birth: December 5, 1855
death: March 19, 1942
Physician and naturalist
Served as naturalist with several U.S. surveys and in 1891 he visited Alaska as the United States Bering Sea Commmissioner and made a study of the fur seal on Pribylov Islands. Merriam headed the United States Biological Survey (Fish and Wildlife Service, dept. of Interior)