Austin L. Rand
Austin Loomer Rand (16 December 1905 – 6 November 1982) was a Canadian zoologist.
He was born in
DSc degree in 1961.[1]
In 1929, while still a graduate student at
PhD It was on this expedition that he met Richard Archbold, zoologist and philanthropist, with whom he became a lifelong friend. Archbold subsequently financed and led a series of biological expeditions to New Guinea in the 1930s in which Rand participated and co-led. In 1941 he assisted Archbold in the establishment of the Archbold Biological Station at Lake Placid, Florida, a place he retired to.[2]
In 1942, Rand became assistant zoologist at the National Museum of Canada, now the
Field Museum in Chicago
and was chief Curator of Zoology there from 1955 to 1970.
He was a frequent contributor to American Ornithologists' Union, an organisation of which he was elected a Fellow as well as serving as its President in 1962–1964.
In 1996 he was commemorated in the name of one of the research buildings at the Archbold Biological Station.
Austin L. Rand was father of the noted tropical herpetologist Austin Stanley Rand of the
Smithsonian
.
Publications
As well as numerous articles and scientific papers, major reports and books authored or coauthored by Rand include:
- 1936. The distribution and habits of Madagascar birds. (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History).
- 1937. Results of the Archbold expeditions No.14: The birds of the 1933–1934 Papuan expedition. (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. Coauthored with Ernst Mayr).
- 1942. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. Birds of the 1936–1937 New Guinea Expedition. (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History).
- 1955. Stray feathers from a bird man's desk. Fascinating and unusual sidelights on the lives of birds.
- 1956. American Water and Game Birds.
- 1960. Birds of the Philippine Islands: Siquijor, Mount Malidang, Bohol, and Samar. (Fieldiana. Coauthored with D.S. Rabor).
- 1961. A Midwestern Almanac, Pageant of the Seasons. (Coauthored with his wife Rheua M. Rand).
- 1962. Birds in Summer.
- 1967. Ornithology: an Introduction.
- 1967. Handbook of New Guinea Birds. (Coauthored with E. Thomas Gilliard).
- 1971. Birds of North America.
References
- .
- ISBN 0-8130-1761-0
External links
- Works by Austin L. Rand at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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