James Greenaway ( April 6, 1903, New York - June 10, 1989) is an American ornithologist , after whom two reptiles , one fish and not a single bird, were named. Best known as the author of Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World , [2] [3] [4] (1958, 1967) about extinct and extinct species of birds. Distinguished by eccentricity.
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The researcher who described a number of zoological taxa . The names of these taxa (to indicate authorship) are accompanied by the designation " Greenway " . |
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Biography
Graduated from Yale University . He took part in an international expedition to Madagascar , and then to Indochina . He later worked at the Museum of Comparative Zoology and other major museums in the United States. During World War II he served on aircraft carriers in the Pacific Ocean. Greenway tried to avoid public events and few ornithologists saw him with his own eyes. His eccentricity sometimes interfered with communication, the scientist with great difficulty endured ordinary people, not so bright as he himself, and was so secretive that after his death even his sons did not know about some stages of his father's academic career. In 1978, already in his old age, he helped organize an expedition to New Caledonia and participated in it himself.
Family
He had three children from his first wife, one of them later became a journalist. However, shortly after the death of his mother, James escaped with his mistress, divorced, and married her (for her again, in the first, four children were born to the chosen one of the scientist).
In Culture
James Greenaway (under a different name) is immortalized in The Bird Skinner, which was published in 2014 by his granddaughter Alice.
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- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Vuilleumier, François. In Memoriam: James C. Greenway, Jr, 1903–1989 // The Auk : journal. - 1992. - Vol. 109 , no. 2 . - P. 377-380 . - DOI : 10.2307 / 4088206 .
- ↑ Dillon Ripley, S. Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World // The Auk : journal. - 1958. - Vol. 75 , no. 4 . - P. 480-482 . - DOI : 10.2307 / 4082117 .
- ↑ Greenway, James C., Jr. Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World. - 2nd revised. - New York: Dover Publications, 1967 .-- ISBN 0-486-21869-4 .