| Joel Asaph Allen |
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He studied at Harvard University under Louis Agassiz . He participated in one expedition to Brazil and in several others within the United States. In 1873 he was the head of the naturalists of the North Pacific Railroad expedition from Bismarck, North Dakota to the Yellowstone and back for the Smithsonian . Allen was the first curator of Bird s and Mammal s at the American Museum Of Natural History (from 1885 on) and later the first head of its Department of Ornithology. In 1886 , he was one of the incorporators of the first Audubon Society , New York . In addition to a great number of scientific papers, he is author of books:
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