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In Memoriam: John Todd Zimmer

1959; Oxford University Press; Volume: 76; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/4082310

1938-4254

Robert Cushman Murphy, Dean Amadon,

Plant and animal studies

John Todd Zimmer, a Fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union, was born at Bridgeport, Ohio, on February 28, 1889, and died at White Plains, New York, shortly before his 68th birthday, on January 6, 1957. His youth and early career as a naturalist were chiefly associated with Nebraska. He graduated from the State University at Lincoln in 1910 and received the Master's degree in the following year. At the height of his career, in 19't3, his Alma Mater conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Science. Although his first scientific specialization was in entomology, he had an early interest in ornithology as well. During his college years he made an excellent collection of Nebraska birds. This always remained in his possession and was bequeathed to the University o• Nebraska as a result of a wish expressed shortly before the end of his life.