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Harry Payne Bingham

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Harry Payne Bingham (b. 1887; d. 1955) was an American financier and philanthropist. Son, nephew and heait of wealthy Cleveland industrialists, Bingham was interested in natural history. He is remembered for funding and leading a series of expeditions to study marine life.[1]

In the 1920s he led a series of expeditions on his private yacht that included biologist Albert Eide Parr and natural history illustrator Wilfrid Swancourt Bronson brought specimens and illustrations of marine life to the collections of the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University.[2]

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  1. ^ "Harry Payne Bingham". peabody.yale.edu. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Denizens of Ocean on View in Museum". New York Times. Jun 24, 1928. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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