Alden Holmes Miller

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U.S. ornithologist (1906-1965)

United States AcademicsLived 1906 to 1965 · aged 59

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Alden Holmes Miller was an American ornithologist and director of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley for 25 years.

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1943Brewster Medal

Guggenheim Fellowship

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FatherLoye Holmes Miller

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Donald Ryder DickeyAlso won Brewster Medal

David SnowAlso won Brewster Medal

Adriaan Joseph van RossemAlso won Brewster Medal

John Charles PhillipsAlso won Brewster Medal Melbourne Armstrong CarrikerAlso won Brewster Medal Frank Alois PitelkaAlso won Brewster Medal

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Alden Holmes Miller was an American ornithologist and director of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley for 25 years. He published over 250 papers on the biology, distribution, and taxonomy of birds, and served as president of the American Ornithologists' Union (1953-1955) and the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1964-1965), and as editor of The Condor from 1939 until his death. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

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