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HERE LIES
DR. WILLIAM CHARLES BEEBE,
THE FIRST CURATOR OF BIRDS
OF THE BRONX ZOO IN NEW YORK, U.S.A.
AN AVID WRITER AND EXPLORER, DR. BEEBE WROTE
MANY BOOKS ON NATURAL HISTORY, AND DID MUCH TO
POPULARIZE THE SCIENCE OF NEOTROPICAL ECOLOGY.
DR. BEEBE ESTABLISHED THE SIMLA FIELD STATION
IN THE ARIMA VALLEY IN TRINIDAD IN 1950
AND LIVED THERE UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1962.
DR. BEEBE WAS AN INTREPID NATURAL HISTORIAN,
WHOSE RESEARCH TOOK HIM FORM THE HIGHLANDS OF
SOUTH-EAST ASIA IN SEARCH OF PHEASANTS,
TO THE TROPICAL FORESTS OF THE GUIANAS AND VENEZUELA,
AND ON TO THE DEPTHS OF THE BERMUDA TRENCH
IN THE WORLD’S FIRST BATHYSPHERE DIVE,
WHERE HE DISCOVERED NUMEROUS SPECIES NEW TO SCIENCE.
DR. WILLIAM CHARLES BEEBE
JULY 19, 1877 – JUNE 4, 1962
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