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    Herbert Friedmann

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


    was an American ornithologist. He worked at the Herbert Friedmann
    Smithsonian Institution for more than 30 years. In
    1929 he became a fellow of the American
    Ornithologists' Union (AOU) and served as the
    President of the AOU from 1937 to 1939. He published
    17 books and was noted for study of Avian brood
    parasites.

    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
    Born April 22, 1900
    offered in New York City, regularly visiting museums
    Brooklyn, NY
    and taking advantage of standing room at the city's
    Died May 14, 1987 (aged 87)
    centers for performing arts. The Museum of Natural
    Laguna Hills, CA
    History, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the
    Bronx Zoo were among his favorite destinations. He Alma mater City College of New York
    joined a bird club during his high school years and Cornell University, NY (PhD,
    kept detailed notes on birds that he observed. He 1923)
    continued to study birds after entering the City College Scientific career
    of New York at 16 years old and maintained a close Fields Ornithology
    association with the Museum of Natural History.[1]

    While attending City College, Friedmann studied the "Weaving of the Red-Billed Weaver Bird in
    Captivity" at the Bronx Zoo. That study was later published in Zoologica 2(16):355-72, his first published
    article. Dr. William Beebe, then Honorary Curator of Birds and Director of the Department of Tropical
    Research at the zoo, was impressed by the work and encouraged Friedmann to apply for a scholarship to
    Cornell University.[2] He got the scholarship and completed his PhD in three years. His dissertation was
    on brood parasitism in cowbirds.[1]

    Career

    Postgraduate work
    After graduation in 1923, Friedmann taught a summer course for the University of Virginia. For the next
    three years, he spent most of his time in South America and Africa studying parasitic birds on a
    postdoctoral grant from 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 Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal from the National Academy of Sciences
    for his book, The Honey Guides.[4] Friedmann was also awarded the Leidy Award by the Academy of
    Natural Sciences of Philadelphia that same year.[5] 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. "Herbert Friedmann". Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences. 62: 143–
    165. 1993.
    2. Rothstein, Stephen I.; Schreiber, Ralph W.; Howell, Thomas R. (April 1988). "In Memoriam:
    Herbert Friedmann" (http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v105n02/). The Auk.
    105 (April): 365–368. doi:10.2307/4087502 (https://doi.org/10.2307%2F4087502).
    JSTOR 4087502 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/4087502). Retrieved 23 April 2012.
    3. "Herbert Friedmann: An Expert in Parasitic Birds" (https://web.archive.org/web/2012092716
    5046/http://www.mnh.si.edu/onehundredyears/profiles/Herbert_Friedmann2.html).
    Celebrating 100 Years. National Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original (htt
    p://www.mnh.si.edu/onehundredyears/profiles/Herbert_Friedmann2.html) on 27 September
    2012. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
    4. "Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal" (https://web.archive.org/web/20101229194403/http://www.naso
    nline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_elliot). National Academy of Sciences.
    Archived from the original (http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS
    _elliot) 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" (http://www.aou.org/awards/senior/brewster/). Retrieved
    26 April 2012.

    External links
    National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir (http://www.nasonline.org/publications/b
    iographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/friedmann-herbert.pdf)

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