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Clinton Hart Merriam
1855Dec, 5

Clinton Hart Merriam

Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist, and ethnographer (d. 1942)
Clinton Hart Merriam (December 5, 1855 – March 19, 1942) was an American zoologist, mammalogist, ornithologist, entomologist, ecologist, ethnographer, geographer, and naturalist. He was commonly known as the 'father of mammalogy', a branch of zoology referring to the study of mammals.

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    Telegraphy

    Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.
  • 22Feb

    State College, Pennsylvania

    The Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania (as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania).
  • 1Jun

    William Walker (filibuster)

    The American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
  • 4Jul

    Leaves of Grass

    The first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published In Brooklyn.
  • 16Nov

    Victoria Falls

    David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia-Zimbabwe.