| LC control no. | n 81111919 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Wright, Albert Hazen, 1879-1970 |
| Birth date | 18790815 |
| Death date | 19700705 |
| Place of birth | Hilton (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Ithaca (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Amphibians |
| Affiliation | Cornell University |
| Profession or occupation | College teachers Herpetologists |
| Found in | His A biological reconnaissance ... 1913. Handbook of frogs and toads ... 1995: CIP t.p. (Albert Hazen Wright) data sht. (1879-1970) Wikipedia, March 25, 2014 (Albert Hazen Wright; American herpetologist and Cornell University professor; he was born on August 15, 1879 in Hilton, New York; he earned his Ph. D. from Cornell in vertebrate zoology in 1908; he married Anna Maria Allen on June 25, 1910; both Wright and his wife studied amphibians; they co-authored the 1949 Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada and Handbook of Frogs and Toads of the United States and Canada after years of extensive travel; the handbooks were finally published in 1957 and outline over 300 species; Wright co-authored a book with J. Whitfield Gibbons called Life-Histories of the Frogs of Okefinokee Swamp, which outlined the reproductive process of various amphibian communities native to the swamp; he also worked with Frances Harper, a scientist who researched the culture behind Okefinokee Swamp; in addition to herpetology, Wright was also interested in genealogy and researched the Wright family, as well as the history of Cornell University; in 1955 he won the Eminent Ecologist Award; he died on July 5, 1970 in Ithaca, New York) |
| Associated language | eng |
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