Herbert Friedmann

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Herbert Friedmann
Born(1900-04-22)April 22, 1900
Brooklyn, NY
DiedMay 14, 1987(1987-05-14) (aged 87)
Laguna Hills, CA
Alma materCity College of New York
Cornell University, NY (PhD, 1923)
Scientific career
FieldsOrnithology

Herbert Friedmann (April 22, 1900 – May 14, 1987) was an American

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Early life and education

Herbert Friedmann grew up in Brooklyn, New York, the second of four sons. Young Friedman took advantage of educational and cultural opportunities offered in New York City, regularly visiting museums and taking advantage of standing room at the city's centers for performing arts. The Museum of Natural History, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Bronx Zoo were among his favorite destinations. He joined a bird club during his high school years and kept detailed notes on birds that he observed. He continued to study birds after entering the City College of New York at 16 years old and maintained a close association with the Museum of Natural History.[1]

While attending

brood parasitism in cowbirds.[1]

Career

Postgraduate work

After graduation in 1923, Friedmann taught a summer course for the

National Research Council and Rockefeller Foundation. He taught courses at Brown University in 1925–1926 and at Amherst College in 1927–1929.[1][2]

Smithsonian museums

In September 1929, Friedmann was appointed curator of birds at the National Museum of Natural History[3] and continued to serve in that position until he was appointed as head curator of zoology in 1959.[2]

Awards

In 1955 Friedmann was awarded the

American Ornithologists' Union awarded the William Brewster Memorial Award to Friedmann in 1964 for "an exceptional body of work on birds of the Western Hemisphere."[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Herbert Friedmann". Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences. 62: 143–165. 1993.
  2. ^
    JSTOR 4087502
    . Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Herbert Friedmann: An Expert in Parasitic Birds". Celebrating 100 Years. National Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Eleventh Award of the Leidy Medal". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences. CVII: 282. 1955.
  6. ^ "William Brewster Memorial Award". Retrieved 26 April 2012.

External links

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