William Alanson Bryan
William Alanson Bryan (23 December 1875 - 18 June 1942) was an American
naturalist
and museum director.
Life and work
Bryan was born on a farm in New Sharon,
College of Hawaii. In 1909 he married Elizabeth Letson Bryan (1874-1919), who worked as mussels and snails collector. Bryan unsuccessfully ran for governor of the Territory of Hawaii in 1913 and 1917.[2] After his wife's death he finished his work at the College of Hawai'i and went to South America. In January 1920, he undertook an expedition to Easter Island
.
From 1921 until his retirement in 1940 he was director of the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art.
References
- ^ Bryan, Edwin H. Jr. (April 1968). "Some Pacific Scientists I Have Known" (PDF). Bernice P. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. XXIV: x.
- ^ Library, Special Collections, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hamilton. "Rapanui: Edmunds and Bryan Photograph Collection -- William A. Bryan". libweb.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
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