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Leonhard Stejneger

Leonhard Stejneger

American ornithologist
Leonhard Hess Stejneger was a Norwegian-born American ornithologist, herpetologist and zoologist. Stejneger specialized in vertebrate natural history studies. He gained his greatest reputation with reptiles and amphibians. Wikipedia
Born: October 30, 1851, Bergen, Norway
Died: February 28, 1943 (age 91 years), Washington, D.C.
Affiliation: Smithsonian Institution
Research interests: Taxonomy and Herpetology