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Thomas Barbour

American zoologist (1884-1946) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 61

Thomas Barbour was an American herpetologist. He was the first president of the Dexter School in 1926. From 1927 until 1946, he was director of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) founded in 1859 by Louis Agassiz at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1884 to 1946 · aged 61