Colin Campbell Sanborn

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Colin Campbell Sanborn (born June 12, 1897 in Evanston , Illinois , † August 28, 1962 in Marcella , Arkansas ) was an American officer , taxidermist , curator and naturalist.

Career

Colin Campbell Sanborn grew up in Evanston and attended public schools there. During the First World War he served in the field artillery for two years.

In 1922, Sanborn began working as a taxidermist in the ornithology department at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago . In 1924 his interest turned from birds to mammals, with a particular focus on bats . Sanborn was appointed assistant curator for mammals in 1931 and curator for mammals in 1937. He held the post intermittently until he left in 1955. In his new role, he undertook seven expeditions for the museum to Peru , Chile , Brazil , Uruguay , Argentina , the Aleutian Islands and Thailand . During his tenure, he published 22 scientific papers on mammals in the peer review - Series of the museum Fieldiana in the field of zoology. In addition, he published 20 papers and annotations in the Journal of Mammalogy , 18 papers in 7 other scientific journals in the United States, and 13 papers in 8 scientific journals in other countries.

During the Second World War , Sanborn enlisted in the US Navy . In the three and a half years of his service he rose from Senior-Grade Lieutenant to Lieutenant Commander. He served mainly in Lima, Peru.

With a scholarship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation , Sanborn was able to visit the British Museum (BM) for six months to study bats ( Microchiroptera ) in 1948 . His acquired expertise eventually led to the appointment of special advisor to the United States Public Health Service in 1953 to investigate the potential transmission of rabies to humans by bats. In his new role, he went on an extensive excursion to Trinidad . He then received a five-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 1954 for a worldwide study of bats.

Sanborn was an active member of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) for many years . In this context, he served there both on the board and as a trustee . He was a founding member of the Kennicott Club, a nature club in the Chicago area in honor of Robert Kennicott , and held various functions including the presidential post.

With his wife Catherine Sanborn he had two daughters: Louise Ann and Judith.

Works (selection)

  • 1929: Land Mammals of Uruguay
  • 1931: Bats from Polynesia, Melanesia, and Malaysia
  • 1932: The Bats of the Genus Eumops
  • 1934: Birds of the Chicago Region
  • 1935: New Mammals from Guatemala and Honduras
  • 1936: Descriptions and Records of African Bats
  • 1939: Eight new bats of the genus Rhinolophus
  • 1941: Descriptions and records of Neotropical Bats
  • 1947: Catalog of Type Specimens of Mammals in the Chicago Natural History Museum
  • 1949: Bats of the genus Micronyteris and its subgenera
  • 1950: The Mammals of the Rush Watkins Zoological Expedition to Siam
  • 1950: Notes on the Malay Tapir and Other Game Animals in Siam
  • 1950: Bats from New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, and New Hebrides
  • 1950: New Philippine Fruit Bats
  • 1951: Two new mammals from southern Peru
  • 1953: Notes sur quelques mammiferes de 1'Afrique Equatoriale Francaise

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fieldiana , Field Museum
  2. ↑ Land Mammals of Uruguay , Biodiversity Heritage Library
  3. ^ Bats from Polynesia, Melanesia, and Malaysia , BioNames
  4. ↑ The Bats of the Genus Eumops , BioNames
  5. ^ Edward R. Ford, Colin C. Sanborn, C. blair Coursen: Birds of the Chicago Region ,
  6. ^ New Mammals from Guatemala and Honduras , BioNames
  7. ^ Descriptions and Records of African Bats , Biodiversity Heritage Library
  8. ^ Eight new bats of the genus Rhinolophus , BioNames
  9. ^ Descriptions and records of Neotropical Bats , BioNames
  10. ^ Catalog of Type Specimens of Mammals in Chicago Natural History Museum , Biodiversity Heritage Library
  11. ↑ Bats of the genus Micronyteris and its subgenera , BioNames
  12. ^ Colin Campbell Sanborn: The Mammals of the Rush Watkins Zoological Expedition to Siam
  13. ^ Colin Campbell Sanborn and A. Rush Watkins: Notes on the Malay Tapir and Other Game Animals in Siam , Volume 31, No. 4, Journal of Mammalogy, November 1950, pp. 430-433
  14. ^ Bats from New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, and New Hebrides , BioNames
  15. ^ New Philippine Fruit Bats , BioNames
  16. ^ Two new mammals from southern Peru , BioNames
  17. ↑ Notes on quelques mammiferes de 1'Afrique Equatoriale Francaise , BioNames
personal data
SURNAME Sanborn, Colin Campbell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American officer, taxidermist, curator, and naturalist
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Evanston , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 1962
Place of death Marcella , Arkansas