Frank Stephens (naturalist)
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Frank Stephens (1849–1937) was an American naturalist and the first director of the San Diego Natural History Museum.[1] He was considered the pioneer naturalist of the Southwest, studying the mammals and birds of California, Arizona, and Baja California.[2] His personal specimen collection of 2,000 birds and mammals, donated in 1910, was the foundation of the San Diego Natural History Museum's Birds & Mammals Department, now a major resource on bird and mammal species of western North America, including Baja California.[3]
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Born | (1849-04-02)April 2, 1849 |
Died | October 5, 1937(1937-10-05) (aged 88) San Diego, California |
Nationality | American |
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Fields | Ornithology, Mammalogy |
Institutions | San Diego Natural History Museum |
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