Mel Traylor, curator emeritus at the Field Museum, died at home over theweekend, at the age of 92. Mel may be best known for his collaboration withthe late Raymond Paynter on the series of gazetteers for South Americancountries, works that now form an important backbone for many of ourdistributional and taxonomic studies, and for which Traylor and Paynterwere awarded the Elliot Coues Award by the American Ornithologists' Unionin 2001. But Mel published extensively over his career, not only on birdsof the neotropics but also on birds of Africa (including authoring a majormonograph on the birds of Angola), of China, of Nepal, and of many otherparts of the world. He hated to see a worthwhile project that was leftincomplete, and he was not afraid of tough challenges; it was no surprisethat Mel was chosen to revise the tyrannid chapter for the Peters checklistseries, a task that he completed successfully and that led to manyproductive side papers on tyrant flycatcher taxonomy. Mel described anumber of bird taxa, including at least one species (Cisticola restricta,of Africa); and at least one species, Tolmomyias traylori, was named in hishonor. Mel was a careful worker in the museum, with a keen eye for detail,but also was cautious in interpreting his results. The collections at theField Museum contain several specimens that Mel recognized "didn't fit,"but in the absence of additional material, he refrained from describingthem; his instincts were borne about when the specimens that Mel "flagged"later were described by others as new species, including at least twospecimens of "his" Tolmomyias (!).
Taczanowski, Wladyslaw (Ladislaus)1819-1890. WarsawTaczanowski & Berlepsch (Berlepsch)& Taczanowski
Taka-Tsukasa, Nobusuke (Prince)1889-1959 (sometimes as Takatsukasa)& Yamashina
Tan, Yao-kuang
Tancré Rudolf (1842-1934)
Tang
Tarnovski, George V.
Tarragon, Léonce Marquis de1813-1896
Taverner Percy Algernon 1875-1947
Taylor, Walter P., Dr.Secretary of the MVZ.Residence at 424 W. Harrison St., Claremont, CA.
Taylor, Graeme A.
Teixeira, Dante (Luiz) MartinsTeixeira & CarnevalliTeixeira & Gonzaga, LP
Telfer, M.G.
Tello, José G.
Temminck, Coenraad Jacob1778-1858LeydenTemminck& Laugier [Meiffren Laugier de Chartrouse]Temminck& Schlegel
Tennyson, Alan J.D.
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Tessler, Jake
van Tets,van Tets, G.F.
Thayer, John Eliot 1862-1933& Bangs Born 3 April, 1862Boston, MassSon of Nathaniel Thayer -- Banker.Married Evelyn ForbesBuilt a Museum in Lancaster, Mass. -- 1904Died 29 July 1933
Thebaud,CThébaud, Christophe
Théry, Marc
Thesiger, Wilfred Gilbert1910-2003b. 3 June, 1910Addis Ababad. 24 Aug. 2003
Thibault, Jean-Claude
Thienemann, (Friedrich August) Ludwig 1793-1858
Thomson, Thomas Richard Heywood (Surgeon Dr) c. 1813-1876 See Malimbus23:99
Thompson,MC Thompson, Max C.
Thonglongya, Kitti d 1972(3)
Thunberg, Carl Peter1743-1828Swed Student of Linnaeus; traveled for Dutch E. India Co. Cape, Japan, Java, Ceylon. {SAm not mentioned } Often ridiculed during and shortly after his life,commonly quoting such "Thunbergisms" as:"Water is the element which makes sea journeys both outsideand inside of the Netherlands so nimble and comfortable."or his comment on first entering France:"To me it could not but seem both strange and ridiculous to hearBurghers and Farmers all speak that, in other places so noble, language."[quoted in Koerner L. 1999. Linnaeus Nature and Nation. Harvard U.]
Ticehurst, Claud Buchanan Dr, M.A., (M.R.C.S.) 1881-1941Saxon House, Appledore Kent.Died: 17 Feb. 1941Obit: Ibis 1941:321[Note also Dr N.F. Ticehurst , O.B.E., M.A., M.B., F.R.C.S., F.Z.S.24 Pevensy Rd St Leonards-on-Sea. - coeval]
Tickell, Samuel Richard1811-1875India
Tietze
TilesiusWilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau1769-1857b. 1768.07.17Mülhausen, Thuringiad. 1857.05.17Mülhausen, Thuringia
Timmins,RJ
Ting,WTing Wen-ning
Tobler, Michael
Tobias, Joseph A.
Todd, Walter Edmond Clyde 1874-1969Pitt; Carn. Mu.
Tomkovich, Pavel S.
Townsend, Charles Haskins1859-1944 Father: Rev. D.W. TownsendMother: Elizabeth (Kier) Townsend.Born 29 Sept. 1859Parnassus, Penna.Age 20 joined Ward's Natural History Establishment.1883: Met S.F. Baird who sent him to McCloud River in n. Calif.Collector for Baird.Aquarium director 1902-1937 New York Aquarium.Died 28 Jan. 1944Coral Gables, Fla.
Townsend, John Kirk1809-1851
Trai, Le TrongLe Trong TraiForest Inventory and Planning Institute, Thanh Tri, Hanoi, Vietnam.(1998)
Traill, Thomas Stewart Dr1781-1862Born 29 Oct. 1781Kirkwall, OrkneyWorked in LiverpoolReturned to Edinburgh 1833Died 30 July 1862
Trainor, Colin R.
Tratz, Eduard Paul1888-1977b. 25 Sept. 1888 Salzburgb. 7 Jan. 1977 Salzburg
Trautman, Milton Bernhard1899-1991
Traylor, Melvin Alvah ,Jr. 1915-2008FMNHEmail note (2008.02.13) announcing his death (2008.02.11):
As a Marine Corp officer, Mel was severely injured during the battle ofTarawa in the Pacific theatre during World War II, where he lost one eyeand suffered arm and upper body wounds during the famous beach assault. Hereturned to Chicago and resumed his volunteer participation in the affairsof the Field Museum's bird division, where he later became employed as acurator along with Austin Rand and Emmet (Bob) Blake. During the last fewyears of his employment he served as Chairman of the Zoology Department,and was as gracious and helpful an administrator as he always was acolleague and friend.
Mel continued to visit the Field Museum for many years after he retired,until this was no longer practical. He always was interested in the work ofhis younger colleagues, and did his best to keep up with advances in thefield. His deep curiosity about the world around him, his good humor, andhis gentle spirit were a source of pleasure and inspiration to all who knewhim.
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Treca, B.Tréca, B.
Trewick,SATrewick, Steve A.
Trimen, Roland1840-1916 F.L.S., F.Z.S.; curator of the South-African Museum,Cape Town.S Afr ButterfliesDied: 25 Jul 1916 Obit: Ibis 1916:643[ Henry Trimen 1843-1896 Botany of Ceylon ]
Tristram, Henry Baker1822-1906Born: May 11, 1822 Eglingham Vicarage, near Alnwick Northumberland1844 Graduated Lincoln College, Oxford1845 Ordained a Deacon1846 Ordained a priestSalvin's cousin by marriage.Married Eleanor Mary BowlbyFounder and original member of the BOU.1873: Becomes Canon of Durham CathedralDied 8 March 1906; Durham, EnglandFellow of the Royal Society
Trudeau, James DeBerty1817-1887]
Tsai, Whitney L. E.
Tschudi, Johann Jakob von 1818-1889
TschusiViktor von Tschusi zu Schmidhoffen1847-1924b. Dec. 28, 1847Smichowd. Mar. 3, 1924 Tännenhof bei Hallein (Tirol).
Tugarinov, Arkady Ya.1880-1948
Tunstall, Marmaduke1743-1790Britain
TuratiHercules, Count TuratiCount Ercole Turati
Turner, L. M.
Tweeddale, Arthur Hay, 9th, Marquis of, 1824-1878. (See also Walden and Hay for more Arthur Hay entries)Born 9 Nov. 1824YesterOct 1873 Second Marriage to Julia 2nd daughter ofKeith Stewart MacKenzie of Seaforth1876 Succeded to the Marquisate, came into possesionof Yester and family estates.Died 22 Dec 1878
Twomey, Arthur Cornelius1908-1996Born: 15 Oct., 1908 Camrose Alberta.Died: 10 Nov., 1996 Old Tappan N.J. (Alzheimer's disease)
Tye, Alan
Tyler,JTyler, Joshua
Tytler, Robert ChristopherCorrections and additions supplied by Rob C. H. M. Oudejans
