{"id":4289,"date":"2025-08-01T10:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T14:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/?page_id=4289"},"modified":"2025-08-01T10:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T14:29:07","slug":"whos-who-in-ornithology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/index.php\/exhibitions\/current-exhibitions\/eggscentricity-2\/whos-who-in-ornithology\/","title":{"rendered":"Who&#8217;s Who in Ornithology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few individuals you might have heard about in our exhibitions Eggscentricity 1 and 2. This is by far not everyone!<\/p>\n<p>Ornithology &#8211; the scientific study of birds.<br \/>\nOology &#8211; the study or collecting of birds&#8217; eggs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Allen, Joel A. (1838-1921)<\/strong><br \/>\nAmerican zoologist, Mammalogist, Ornithologist<br \/>\nCurator of Mammals &amp; Birds, NY Museum 1885<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joel_Asaph_Allen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joel_Asaph_Allen<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bendire, Charles (1836-1897)<\/strong><br \/>\nU.S. Army Soldier, Ornithologist, Oologist<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Bendire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Bendire<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bent, Arthur Cleveland (1866-1954)<\/strong><br \/>\nAmerican Ornithologist<br \/>\nWrote 21 volume Life Histories of North American Birds, published 1919-1968<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arthur_Cleveland_Bent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arthur_Cleveland_Bent<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bicknell, Eugene (1859-1925)<\/strong><br \/>\nAmerican Botantist, Ornithologist<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eugene_P._Bicknell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eugene_P._Bicknell<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brewster, William (1851-1919)<\/strong><br \/>\nAmerican Ornithologist<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Brewster_(ornithologist)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Brewster_(ornithologist)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cory, Charles B. (2857-1921)<\/strong><br \/>\nAmerican Ornithologist, Golfer, Outdoorsman, and Author<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_B._Cory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_B._Cory<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coues, Elliot (1842-1899)<\/strong><br \/>\nAmerican Army Surgeon, Historian, Ornithologist, and Author<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elliott_Coues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elliott_Coues<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Maynard, Charles J. (1845-1929)<\/strong><br \/>\nAmerican Naturalist, Ornithologist, Taxidermist<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Johnson_Maynard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Johnson_Maynard<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Merriam, Dr. C. Hart (1855-1942)<\/strong><br \/>\nAmerican Zoologist, Mammalogist, Ornithologist, Entomologist, Ecologist,<br \/>\nEthnographer, Geographer, Naturalist and Physician<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clinton_Hart_Merriam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clinton_Hart_Merriam<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ridgway, Robert (1850-1929)<\/strong><br \/>\nAmerican Ornithologist<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Ridgway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Ridgway<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few individuals you might have heard about in our exhibitions Eggscentricity 1 and 2. This is by far not everyone! Ornithology &#8211; the scientific study of birds. Oology &#8211; the study or collecting of birds&#8217; eggs. 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