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Museum of Comparative Zoology

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James Lee Peters: The Architect of Modern Avian Classification

James Lee Peters: The Architect of Modern Avian Classification In the world of ornithology—the scientific study of birds—few figures have left as enduring a mark on taxonomy as James Lee ...

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Louis Agassiz: Pioneer of Glaciology and Natural History

Louis Agassiz: Pioneer of Glaciology and Natural History Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807–1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist whose work fundamentally reshaped our un...

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