author
Henry W. Setzer
A Smithsonian mammalogist who helped build major knowledge of African and Middle Eastern mammals, he combined fieldwork, museum science, and careful taxonomy in a long research career. His writings range from kangaroo rats and owls to broad surveys that are still cited today.
2 Audiobooks
Subspeciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii KU. Vol 1 No 23
by Henry W. Setzer
The Postnatal Development of Two Broods of Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus)
by Donald Frederick Hoffmeister, Henry W. Setzer
About the author
Born in 1916, Henry W. Setzer studied at the University of Utah and later earned a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Kansas. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, then moved to Washington, D.C., where he joined the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in 1948.
At the Smithsonian, he worked his way from assistant curator to curator in the Division of Mammals. His research focused on mammals, especially taxonomy and geographic variation, and he published on subjects including kangaroo rats, owls, Sudanese mammals, and species from North Africa and the Middle East.
Setzer is also remembered for helping lead the Smithsonian African Mammal Project, a large effort that brought together field collecting and museum research across many countries. He died in 1992, leaving behind a substantial body of zoological work as both scientist and author.