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Glover M. (Glover Morrill) Allen
1879–1942
A Harvard-trained naturalist whose books helped early readers and researchers get closer to the worlds of birds and mammals. His writing grew out of a life spent studying animals in the field, the museum, and the classroom.
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Animal Figures in the Maya Codices
by Alfred M. (Alfred Marston) Tozzer, Glover M. (Glover Morrill) Allen
About the author
Born in Walpole, New Hampshire, in 1879, Glover Morrill Allen became an American zoologist, ornithologist, and mammalogist with deep ties to Harvard University. While still a student there, he published early works on regional birdlife, including The Birds of Massachusetts and A List of the Birds of New Hampshire.
After graduating from Harvard in 1901, he went on to teach zoology and later served as curator of mammals at the Museum of Comparative Zoology. His career joined research, teaching, and museum work, and he became especially known for his studies of mammals as well as birds.
Allen died in 1942. Today he is remembered as a careful scientific writer whose books and papers opened the study of North American wildlife to both specialists and general readers.