# Gilbert Klingel

> Gilbert Clarence Klingel (1908-1983) was a naturalist, boatbuilder, adventurer, photographer, writer, inventor, contributor to the Baltimore Sun, for a time affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History in New York and a member of the Maryland Academy of Sciences, and a curator and charter member of the Natural History Society of Maryland. He is best known for his book about the Chesapeake Bay, The Bay, which won the John Burroughs Medal in 1953.

*American naturalist*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 1908
- **Died:** 1983-05-16
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Gilbert Clarence Klingel (1908-1983) was a naturalist, boatbuilder, adventurer, photographer, writer, inventor, contributor to the Baltimore Sun, for a time affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History in New York and a member of the Maryland Academy of Sciences, and a curator and charter member of the Natural History Society of Maryland. He is best known for his book about the Chesapeake Bay, The Bay, which won the John Burroughs Medal in 1953.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 32.1
- **Momentum:** 15.0

## Sources
- [Gilbert Klingel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Klingel)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5561032)

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