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Exist Dates: April 5, 1890 - March 29, 1970
Abstract: Harold Elmer Anthony (born April 5, 1890, died March 29, 1970) was a mammalogist and worked at the American Museum of Natural History for over 50 years. He specialized in mammals of the Western Hemisphere and led many expeditions to South and Central America. Anthony was the Chairman and Curator in the Department of Mammalogy and was the Dean of Scientific Staff for several years. The Museum's mammal halls were created under his leadership: Hall of North American Mammals, Akeley Hall of African Mammals and Hall of South Asiatic Mammals. He wrote "Field Book of North American Mammals" (1928) and "Mammals of Porto Rico, Living and Extinct" (1925, 1926, in two volumes).

Exist Dates: 1913
Abstract: To collect and study invertebrates, including their study for purposes of distribution and evolution

Exist Dates: 1929
Abstract: To study life histories of nocturnal lizards, and to collect living specimens.```

Exist Dates: 1956 - 1960
Abstract: To collect specimens of frogs, snakes and lizards for the department, some new to science.

Exist Dates: 1997 (or 1988)
Abstract: Discovered and excavated an asphalt ("tar seep") site of recently extinct trapped animals

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