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Phelps, William H., Jr., 1902-1988

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Personal name headingPhelps, William H., Jr., 1902-1988
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Variant(s)Phelps, William Henry, Jr., 1902-1988
Associated countryVenezuela
Birth date19021225
Death date19880813
Place of birthMonagas (Venezuela : State)
Place of deathCaracas (Venezuela)
Field of activityOrnithology--Venezuela
AffiliationVenezuelan Museum of Ornithology
Profession or occupationOrnithologists
Special noteDo not confuse with father, b. 1875-
Found inPhelps, W. H. Lista de las aves de Venezuela, 1950.
Dickerman, R.W. An annotated list of the birds of Cerro Urutaní on the border of Estado Bolívar, Venezuela, and Territorio Roraima, Brazil, c1982: t.p. (William H. Phelps, Jr.; res. assoc., Dept. of Ornithology, Amer. Museum of Natural History)
Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 12/25/02; jr.)
Wikipedia, April 15, 2014 (William H. Phelps, Jr.; William Henry Phelps, Jr.; born December 25, 1902 in Monagas, Venezuela; died August 13, 1988 in the city of Caracas; Venezuelan ornithologist; published over 78 books on the birds of Venezuela with his wife Katherine Deery Phelps, in which they described their discovery of more than 200 new species and organized about 100 expeditions that helped collect over 1,000 species of birds; a direct result of his research was the creation of the Venezuelan Museum of Ornithology)
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