Henry Cushier Raven
Henry Cushier Raven ( 1889 - April 5, 1944 ) was an American zoologist and anatomist . His scientific work dealt mainly with the distribution of animal species in East Asia, with the sperm and beaked whales and with the comparative anatomy of primates, especially gorillas .
Life and career
Henry C. Raven first worked under well-known taxidermists at the American Museum of Natural History from 1907 and from 1910 at the Colorado Museum of Natural History . In 1912 Raven was hired by the Smithsonian Institution as a collector and researcher to continue the work of William Louis Abbott in the East Indies, where he spent the next few years. In 1918 he moved to Cornell University as a zoology student and curator of the Zoological Museum. In 1919 he collected on behalf of the Smithsonian Institution during the Cape-to-Cairo African Expedition . In 1920 Raven studied comparative anatomy with William King Gregory in Columbia . From 1921 until his death, Raven was again employed by the American Museum of Natural History, as a collector on expeditions and a curator of comparative anatomy.
In 1931, Raven brought an orphaned chimpanzee child from Africa who lived and grew up as a family member Meshie with his two children until 1934 .
Raven died in 1944 of malaria, which he probably contracted on his first expedition.
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- Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 at http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Raven, Henry Cushier |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American zoologist and anatomist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1889 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1944 |