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Schmidt, Karl Patterson 1890-1957
birth: 1890
death: September 26, 1957
Herpetologist; Ecologist; Zoogeographer
Curator at the Chicago National History Museum, Schmidt died after being bitten by a South African boomslang. His diary records his symptoms following the bite. World authority on snakes and a prolific writer on the subject