| LC control no. | n 81126115 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Farner, Donald S. (Donald Sankey), 1915-1988 |
| Variant(s) | Farner, D. S. (Donald Sankey), 1915-1988 Farner, Donald Sankey, 1915-1988 Farner, Donald (Donald Sankey), 1915-1988 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Pullman (Wash.) Saint Paul (Minn.) Madison (Wis.) |
| Birth date | 1915-05-02 |
| Death date | 1988-05-18 |
| Place of birth | Waumandee (Wis.) |
| Field of activity | Ornithology Zoology |
| Affiliation | Washington State University State College of Washington American Ornithologists' Union United States. Navy University of Wisconsin--Madison Hamline University |
| Profession or occupation | Ornithologists Zoologists College teachers University and college faculty members |
| Found in | U.S. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. The distribution of mosquitoes ... 1946. The birds of Crater Lake Nastional Park, 1952: t.p. (Donald S. Farner) p. v (Doctor; served as mbr. of temp. naturalist staff of the Park) p. vii (Nat. Park Serv., Crater Lake, Or.; Dept. of Zool., St. Coll. of Wash., Pullman, Wash.) Died May 18, 1988, Social Security Death Index Wikipedia, viewed January 31, 2017 (Donald Sankey Farner; b. May 2, 1915; May 18, 1988) Wikipedia, viewed June 17, 2022: Donald S. Farner (Donald Sankey Farner (May 2, 1915 Waumandee, Wisconsin-May 18, 1988) was an American ornithologist. He received his BS from Hamline University, and his MA and PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He served in the Navy's Medical Service Corps in World War II and later retired with the rank of captain. He was president of the American Ornithologists' Union from 1973 to 1975. He was also President of the 17th International Ornithological Congress and prepared its statutes and by-laws. He served as dean of the graduate school at Washington State University. Among other things, he wrote several volumes on avian biology and works on the fauna of Crater Lake. His honors included a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1957 and the Brewster Medal in 1960.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_S._Farner> |
| Associated language | eng |
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