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Louis Agassiz Fuertes

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Louis Agassiz Fuertes (February 7, 1874 Ithaca, New York – August 22, 1927 Unadilla, New York) was an American ornithologist, illustrator and artist who set the rigorous and current-day standards for ornithological art and naturalist depiction and is considered as one of the most prolific American bird artists, second only to his guiding professional predecessor John James Audubon. [1]

66 relations: Abbott Handerson Thayer, Alaska, Alpha Delta Phi, American Museum of Natural History, American Ornithological Society, Architecture, Biodiversity Heritage Library, Boy Scouts of America, Burt Green Wilder, Charles Lindbergh, Cornell University, Cornell University Glee Club, Donald Baxter MacMillan, E. H. Harriman, Elliott Coues, Estevan Antonio Fuertes, Ethiopia, Field Museum of Natural History, Flamingo, Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey, Frank Chapman (ornithologist), Frederick Russell Burnham, Fuertes's parrot, George Bird Grinnell, George Kruck Cherrie, George Miksch Sutton, George Palmer Putnam, Harriet Mann Miller, Harriman Alaska expedition, Harry C. Oberholser, Ithaca, New York, James Hillhouse Fuertes, Jardin des plantes, Jörg Kühn, John James Audubon, Kermit Roosevelt, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Lincoln Ellsworth, Louis Agassiz, Mabel Osgood Wright, Merian C. Cooper, National Geographic, New Haven, Connecticut, Orchard oriole, Ornithology, Puerto Ricans, Red crossbill, Richard E. Byrd, Robert Bartlett (explorer), Roger Tory Peterson, ..., Roy Chapman Andrews, Smithsonian Institution, Sphinx Head, Stewart Edward White, The Birds of America, Theodore Luqueer Mead, Time (magazine), Troy, New York, Unadilla (village), New York, Unadilla, New York, University of Cambridge, Victor Talking Machine Company, Walter A. Weber, Washington, D.C., Wilfred Hudson Osgood, Wright brothers. Expand index (16 more) »

Abbott Handerson Thayer

Abbott Handerson Thayer (August 12, 1849May 29, 1921) was an American artist, naturalist and teacher.

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Alaska

Alaska (Alax̂sxax̂) is a U.S. state located in the northwest extremity of North America.

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Alpha Delta Phi

Alpha Delta Phi (ΑΔΦ), commonly known as Alpha Delt, ADPhi, or ADP, is a North American Greek-letter secret and social college fraternity.

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American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History (abbreviated as AMNH), located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, is one of the largest museums in the world.

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American Ornithological Society

The American Ornithological Society (AOS) is an ornithological organization based in the United States.

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Architecture

Architecture is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or any other structures.

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Biodiversity Heritage Library

The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a consortium of natural history and botanical libraries that cooperate to digitize and make accessible the legacy literature of biodiversity held in their collections and to make that literature available for open access and responsible use as a part of a global “biodiversity commons.” The BHL consortium works with the international taxonomic community, rights holders, and other interested parties to ensure that this biodiversity heritage is made available to a global audience through open access principles.

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Boy Scouts of America

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States of America and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with more than 2.4 million youth participants and nearly one million adult volunteers.

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Burt Green Wilder

Burt Green Wilder (August 11, 1841 – January 21, 1925) was an American comparative anatomist, born in Boston to David and Celia Colton Wilder.

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Charles Lindbergh

Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974), nicknamed Lucky Lindy, The Lone Eagle, and Slim was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, explorer, and environmental activist.

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Cornell University

Cornell University is a private and statutory Ivy League research university located in Ithaca, New York.

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Cornell University Glee Club

The Cornell University Glee Club (CUGC) is the oldest student organization at Cornell University, having been organized shortly after the first students arrived on campus in 1868.

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Donald Baxter MacMillan

Donald Baxter MacMillan (November 10, 1874 – September 7, 1970) was an American explorer, sailor, researcher and lecturer who made over 30 expeditions to the Arctic during his 46-year career.

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E. H. Harriman

Edward Henry "Ned" Harriman (February 20, 1848 – September 9, 1909) was an American railroad executive.

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Elliott Coues

Elliott Coues (September 9, 1842 – December 25, 1899) was an American army surgeon, historian, ornithologist and author.

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Estevan Antonio Fuertes

Estevan Antonio Fuertes (May 10, 1838 San Juan, Puerto Rico – January 16, 1903 Ithaca, New York) was a Puerto Rican-American astronomer and civil engineer.

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Ethiopia

Ethiopia (ኢትዮጵያ), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ, yeʾĪtiyoṗṗya Fēdēralawī Dēmokirasīyawī Rīpebilīk), is a country located in the Horn of Africa.

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Field Museum of Natural History

The Field Museum of Natural History, also known as The Field Museum, is a natural history museum in the city of Chicago, and is one of the largest such museums in the world.

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Flamingo

Flamingos or flamingoes are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, the only bird family in the order Phoenicopteriformes.

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Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey

Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey (August 8, 1863 – September 22, 1948) was an American ornithologist and nature writer.

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Frank Chapman (ornithologist)

Frank Michler Chapman (June 12, 1864 – November 15, 1945) was an American ornithologist and pioneering writer of field guides.

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Frederick Russell Burnham

Frederick Russell Burnham DSO (May 11, 1861 – September 1, 1947) was an American scout and world-traveling adventurer.

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Fuertes's parrot

The Fuertes's parrot (Hapalopsittaca fuertesi), also known as the indigo-winged parrot, is a parrot which has a highly restricted range on the west slope of the Central Andes of Colombia.

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George Bird Grinnell

George Bird Grinnell (September 20, 1849 – April 11, 1938) was an American anthropologist, historian, naturalist, and writer.

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George Kruck Cherrie

George Kruck Cherrie (August 22, 1865 – January 20, 1946) was an American naturalist and explorer.

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George Miksch Sutton

George Miksch Sutton (May 16, 1898, Bethany, Nebraska – December 7, 1982) was an American ornithologist and bird artist.

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George Palmer Putnam

George Palmer Putnam (February 7, 1814 – December 20, 1872) was an important American book publisher.

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Harriet Mann Miller

Harriet Mann Miller (pen names Olive Thorne, Olive Thorne Miller; 25 June 1831 – 25 December 1918) was an American author, naturalist, and ornithologist.

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Harriman Alaska expedition

In 1899, wealthy railroad magnate Edward Harriman arranged for a maritime expedition to Alaska.

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Harry C. Oberholser

Harry Church Oberholser (June 25, 1870 – December 25, 1963) was an American ornithologist.

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Ithaca, New York

Ithaca is a city in the Finger Lakes region of New York.

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James Hillhouse Fuertes

James Hillhouse Fuertes (10 August 1863 in Ponce, Puerto Rico - 30 January 1932 in Brooklyn, New York) was a United States civil and sanitary engineer.

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Jardin des plantes

The Jardin des plantes (French for 'Garden of the Plants'), also known as the jardin des plantes de Paris when distinguished from other jardins des plantes in other cities, is the main botanical garden in France.

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Jörg Kühn

Jörg Kühn (1940–64) was a Swiss artist, naturalist and scientific illustrator who specialized in bird paintings and drawings.

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John James Audubon

John James Audubon (born Jean Rabin; April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter.

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Kermit Roosevelt

Kermit Roosevelt, MC (October 10, 1889 – June 4, 1943) was an American businessman, soldier, explorer, and writer.

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Liberty Hyde Bailey

Liberty Hyde Bailey (March 15, 1858 – December 25, 1954) was an American horticulturist and botanist who was cofounder of the American Society for Horticultural Science.

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Lincoln Ellsworth

Lincoln Ellsworth (May 12, 1880 – May 26, 1951) was a polar explorer from the United States and a major benefactor of the American Museum of Natural History.

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Louis Agassiz

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (May 28, 1807December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-American biologist and geologist recognized as an innovative and prodigious scholar of Earth's natural history.

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Mabel Osgood Wright

Mabel Osgood Wright (January 26, 1859 – July 16, 1934) was an American author.

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Merian C. Cooper

Merian Caldwell Cooper (October 24, 1893 – April 21, 1973) was an American aviator, United States Air Force and Polish Air Force officer, adventurer, screenwriter, film director, and producer.

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National Geographic

National Geographic (formerly the National Geographic Magazine and branded also as NAT GEO or) is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society.

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New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Connecticut.

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Orchard oriole

The orchard oriole (Icterus spurius) is the smallest species of icterid.

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Ornithology

Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds.

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Puerto Ricans

Puerto Ricans (Puertorriqueños; or boricuas) are people from Puerto Rico, the inhabitants and citizens of Puerto Rico, and their descendants.

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Red crossbill

The red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae, also known as the common crossbill in Eurasia.

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Richard E. Byrd

Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr., (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer.

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Robert Bartlett (explorer)

Captain Robert "Bob" Abram Bartlett (August 15, 1875 – April 28, 1946) was a Newfoundland-American Arctic explorer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Roger Tory Peterson

Roger Tory Peterson (August 28, 1908 – July 28, 1996) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, artist, and educator, and held to be one of the founding inspirations for the 20th-century environmental movement.

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Roy Chapman Andrews

Roy Chapman Andrews (January 26, 1884 – March 11, 1960) was an American explorer, adventurer and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, established on August 10, 1846 "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge," is a group of museums and research centers administered by the Government of the United States.

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Sphinx Head

The Sphinx Head Society is the oldest senior honor society at Cornell University.

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Stewart Edward White

Stewart Edward White (12 March 1873 – September 18, 1946) was an American writer, novelist, and spiritualist.

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The Birds of America

The Birds of America is a book by naturalist and painter John James Audubon, containing illustrations of a wide variety of birds of the United States.

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Theodore Luqueer Mead

Theodore Luqueer Mead (February 23, 1852 – May 4, 1936) was an American naturalist, entomologist and horticulturist.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Troy, New York

Troy is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the seat of Rensselaer County.

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Unadilla (village), New York

Unadilla is a village located in the Town of Unadilla in Otsego County, New York, USA.

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Unadilla, New York

Unadilla is a town in Otsego County, New York, United States.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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Victor Talking Machine Company

The Victor Talking Machine Company was an American record company and phonograph manufacturer headquartered in Camden, New Jersey.

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Walter A. Weber

Walter Alois Weber (May 23, 1906 - January 10, 1979) was an American mammalogist, animal artist, and illustrator for National Geographic.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Wilfred Hudson Osgood

Wilfred Hudson Osgood (December 8, 1875 – June 20, 1947) was an American zoologist.

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Wright brothers

The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were two American aviators, engineers, inventors, and aviation pioneers who are generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane.

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