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Joseph B. Steere (bottom row center) and his students including Worcester (top, 2nd from left) prior to their 1887 Philippine expedition. Dean Conant Worcester was born 1 October 1866 in Thetford, Vermont to Ezra Carter Worcester (1816-1887) and Ellen Hunt (Conant) Worcester (1826–1902), the youngest of nine children. He attended public ...
The building is a large U-shaped brick structure, six stories high, whose oldest portion dates to 1859. This section was built to house the Museum of Comparative Zoology; it was added onto in 1876 to provide space for the Peabody Museum, and was expanded several other times between then and 1913.
The Grange Insurance Audubon Center. The Grange Insurance Audubon Center is located near the western edge of the park, at 505 W. Whittier St. The 18,000 sq ft (1,700 m 2) building is the first Audubon center built in close proximity to a downtown area. It was built along with the park, opening in August 2009 at a cost of $14.5 million.
The Museum of Comparative Zoology was founded in 1859 through the efforts of zoologist Louis Agassiz; the museum used to be referred to as "The Agassiz" after its founder. [2] Agassiz designed the collection to illustrate the variety and comparative relationships of animal life.
The majority of McDonald’s restaurants in the U.S. will be open on Thanksgiving, but hours vary by location so customers should consult the store locator tool to check local hours. Mountain Mike ...
How did families come to leave cookies and milk for Santa Claus on Christmas? A celebrity chef told Fox News Digital how the tradition got its start and why a chocolate chip cookie is the best.
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Barbara Lawrence (July 30, 1909 – 1997), sometimes known as Barbara Lawrence Schevill, was an American paleozoologist and mammalogist known for her studies of canids, porpoises and howler monkeys and her work as the mammal curator at Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ).