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Murie, Adolph, 1899-1974

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Personal name headingMurie, Adolph, 1899-1974
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Variant(s)Murie, Ade, 1899-1974
Winstrom, Adolf, 1899-1974
Associated placeAlaska
Birth date1899-09-06
Death date1974-08-16
Place of birthMoorhead (Minn.)
Place of deathMoose (Wyo.)
Field of activityAnimals Bears Wolves
AffiliationUnited States. National Park Service
Profession or occupationWildlife biologists
Naturalists Zoologists
Found inHis The moose of Isle Royale, 1934.
Information from 678 converted Dec. 18, 2014 (d. 1974)
Wikipedia, viewed September 25, 2018: Adolph Murie article (Adolph Murie. September 6, 1899-August 16, 1974, first scientist to study wolves in their natural habitat; a naturalist, author, and wildlife biologist who pioneered field research on wolves, bears, and other mammals and birds in arctic and sub-arctic Alaska. Born Adolf Winstrom in Moorhead, Minnesota; died at STS Ranch, now part of the Murie Ranch Historic District in Moose, Wyoming. Once he was old enough, Adolf legally changed his surname to Murie to match his half-brother and mother and subsequently began spelling his first name as Adolph. He spent the better part of thirty-two years working for the National Park Service.)
Watson, W. Verde. Napier Shelton and the grizzly bear, 1961: page 2 (Dr. Adolph Murie; Ade Murie)
Courier, v. 5, no. 2 (February 2, 1982): person of the month article (Adolph (Ade) Murie, born 1899 in Moorhead, Minn. Fish and Wildlife Service hired Ade in 1921. At University of Michigan received a doctorate in 1929.)
Associated languageeng