RARE! "Ornithologist" Dean Amadon & Norman Boas Signed TLS JG Autographs COA

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Up for auction a RARE! "Ornithologist" Dean Amadon & Norman Boas Signed TLS dated 1978.
This item is certified authentic by JG Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity.
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Dean Arthur Amadon
(June 5, 1912 – January 12, 2003) was an
American
ornithologist
and an authority on birds of prey. Amadon was born in
Milwaukee
,
Wisconsin
to Arthur and Mary Amadon. He received a BS from
Hobart College
in 1934 and a Ph.D. from
Cornell University
in 1947. In 1937 he joined the
American Museum of Natural History
in
New York City
and was Chairman of the Department of Ornithology there from 1957 until 1973. In 1942, he married Octavia Gardella and had two daughters: Susan Avis and Emily Yvonne.
George Junge
and Dean Amadon in Vesterkulla, Finland, June 8, 1958.
Amadon was a member of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science
, president of the
American Ornithologists' Union
from 1964 to 1966 and
Linnaean Society of New York
. He joined The Explorers Club in 1959. His books included
Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World
(1968) with Leslie H. Brown, and
Curassows and Related Birds
(1973) with Jean Delacour. He died on January 12, 2003, in his home at 25 Kenwood Road,
Tenafly, New Jersey
.
Norman Francis Boas, M.D
., He was born and raised in New York City, son of Ernst and Helen Boas. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, he earned his medical degree at Harvard Medical School at age 22. He served in the U.S. Public Health Service during the
Korean War
attaining the rank of senior surgeon. He did research at the National Institutes of Health until 1955 then entered private practice in Wilton. He served the Wilton community until 1976 where he provided medical care to his patients, was chief of rheumatology at Norwalk Hospital, police surgeon, assistant clinical professor of medicine at
Yale University
, and served on the first chronic renal dialysis unit in the state. He published numerous scientific books and articles. In 1976, he and his wife moved to the New London area where he practiced rheumatology until he retired. He joined the Stonington Historical Society. As president, he led the effort to acquire and restore the Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer House, the home of the explorer who discovered the Antarctic Continent. The Palmer House was established as a National Landmark in 1996 and Dr. Boas served as its first director. After he retired, he had a second career studying, researching and collecting historical documents. He authored numerous books on American history including a reference book on Abraham Lincoln, First Lady Jane Pierce and a biography of anthropologist Franz Boas, his grandfather.He enjoyed building stonewalls, doing his own home improvements, traveling, clamming on Block Island, and spending time with his family. He will be remembered for his quick wit, generous heart, ethical standards, and the belief in the goodness of mankind.