Robert Thomas Moore

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Robert Thomas Moore (born June 24, 1882 in Haddonfield , New Jersey , † October 30, 1958 , in La Cañada Flintridge , California ) was an American ornithologist , entrepreneur and philanthropist .

Live and act

His father, Henry Dyer Moore (1842–1930), a successful businessman, married Mary Jones Smith (1847–1934). From this marriage, in addition to Robert Thomas, the children Minnie Antoinette (* 1866), Mary Eva Moore (* 1866), Gilbert Henry (1872–1899), William Garrett (* 1874) emerged. On December 22nd, 1903 Robert Thomas Moore married his first wife Selma Helena nee. Muller, from whom he divorced in September 1920. With her he had the children Terris (1908–1993) and Karlene Wilhelmina (1915–1968). This was followed by a short marriage with Anne Beegle geb. Hill in 1921, but they soon divorced. Finally, on June 17, 1922, he married Margaret Forbes b. Cleaves. She brought stepchildren Waddell and Paul Austin into the marriage. Together they had a daughter named Marilynn Cleaves (* 1925).

He finished his first school, the Haddonfield Public School , in 1896 as the best of his class. From her moved to the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia , which he graduated in 1899. This was followed by studies at the University of Pennsylvania , which he graduated in 1904 with a Bachelor of Arts . Just one year later, in 1905, Harvard University graduated with a Master of Arts degree . Finally, he did post-graduate studies at the University of Munich .

In the early 1900s, Moore started a fox farm at his summer residence near Borestone Mountain . Here on his 1,400 acres Borestone Farm, he raised silver foxes and took in injured animals. In 1909 he employed the architect Wilfred Everett Mansur , who constructed a few houses for him from American red spruce on Sunset Pond . In 1958 he donated the area to the National Audubon Society with further donations from his son and daughter . Today the area is declared Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary . In 1919 he organized the first Silver Fox exhibition in Boston , which he repeated a year later due to its success. He later established a second fox farm in Big Bear Lake . He also served as Managing Director of Moore Securities Company and Eastern Finance & Securities Company in Philadelphia , and Reduction & Mines Company in Guanajuato .

From 1911 to 1916 he was editor of the journal Cassinia , which was introduced as a publication platform by the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club in 1901 . When Moore moved to southern California, he was accepted into the zoology department of the California Institute of Technology , where he worked as an associate from 1929 to 1950 . Moore put together a collection of around 65,000 bird skins and 1,000 mammalian specimens, 80 percent of which came from Mexico. He bequeathed the animal preparations to Occidental College in Los Angeles . In the meantime, there were plans to merge Moore's collection with that of Donald Ryder Dickey , a project that was eventually discarded.

In 1927 Moore led a first zoological expedition in Ecuador. Another research trip to the same country followed in July 1929. The goal was the first ascent of the 5,230 meter high Sangay volcano . When it comes to equipment, he is guided by reports from pioneers such as Edward Whymper or George Miller Dyott . The expedition to Sangay started on July 15, 1929 from the Indian village of Alao. Members of the group were Moore, his son Terris Moore, Lewy Thorne and his stepson Waddell Austin. On August 4, 1927, she was the first to reach the top of the volcano. Moore remained connected to Ecuador. When the Ecuadorian consul Víctor Manuel Egas tried to urge his government to enforce stricter conservation laws, he also sought support from influential people and institutions in California. Here, alongside Moore, he won Harry Schelwald Swarth from the California Academy of Sciences and Harold Jefferson Coolidge, Jr. from the American Committee for International Wildlife Protection as a sponsor for the protection of the Galapagos Islands . Moore served from 1934 to 1938 as chairman of the Galapagos Commission, which contributed significantly to the establishment of the Charles Darwin Research Station (see Charles Darwin Foundation ). His studies on the Ecuadorian avifauna led u. a. for the first description of the Wetmore Mountain Tangare . His articles The Mt.Sangay Labyrinth and Its Fauna and Gonzalo Pizarro's Trail to the Land of Cinnamon and Its Denizens from 1934 were among the few publications that reported on the life of birds in the Andes. Moore later shifted his research focus to the area of ​​Mexico. He engaged private collectors like Chester Converse Lamb (1882–1965), who collected for Moore from 1933 to 1955 in Mexico. Other collectibles in Moore's collection included a. by Alfonso Maria Olalla (1899–1971), Ramón Olalla , Mario del Toro Aviles , Cecil Frank Underwood (1867–1943), Wilmot Wood Brown Jr. (1868–1953) and John Thomas Wright . He himself visited Mexico in 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1945 and 1948. When the two volumes Distributional Check-List of the Birds of Mexico appeared in 1950 and 1957, Moore first presented his extensive Collection available, an invaluable contribution to the success of these works. He also supported the second volume financially with $ 7,500 so that it could appear at all. Even if he only contributed to a limited extent as an author, the two volumes are certainly among his most important contributions in the field of ornithology. However, the majority of the contributions came from Herbert Friedmann , Ludlow Griscom and Alden Holmes Miller . In the case of the second volume, in particular, he was only involved in the compilation of the corvids , the wood warblers and partly in the tyrants due to illness . For his work on Check List of Mexican Birds and his co-authorship on Biotic Provinces of Mexico , he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science from Occidental College.

After turning away from ornithology, he shifted his focus to the Presbyterian Church and poetry. Since 1949 he has published the Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards , an annual poetic anthology . With the publication supported the artist with bonuses. After Moore's death, Lionel Stevenson (1902–1973) continued Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards. In the first edition under his direction, he wrote an obituary for Moore. In his introduction, Stevenson paid tribute to him with the words:

"Robert Thomas Moore was a unique mix of poet, scientist and businessman."

Moore died at his home in Flintridge.

Memberships

Moore became a member of the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) in 1898 , to which he remained loyal for 60 years. In 1940 he was elected a Fellow by the AOU . In addition, the Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in London, Fellow of The Explorers Club and 1920 first Honorary President of the American National Fox Breeders Association . He was also a Fellow of the American Geographical Society , a member of the Avicultural Society in London, the Avicultural Society in New York, American Association for the Advancement of Science . In 1940 he was president of the South Department of the Cooper Ornithological Club .

Dedication names

In 1957, Dwain Willard Warner (1917-2005) and Byron Eugene Harrell (1924-2010) described a subspecies of the song quail under the name Dactylortyx thoracicus moorei . With the naming they honored Robert Thomas Moore, from whose collection the type specimen came. It was collected on July 3, 1940 by Mario del Torro at Cerro Brujo in the Municipio Ocozocoautla de Espinosa . Today this name is considered a synonym for Dactylortyx thoracicus chiapensis Nelson , 1898. Hans Edmund Wolters renamed Haemorhous mexicanus griscomi to Haemorhous mexicanus moorei , because he thought that the name was already occupied by Spinus notatus griscomi by Adriaan Joseph van Rossem .

First descriptions by Robert Thomas Moore

Robert Thomas Moore was the first author to describe some species and subspecies.

species

The species that Moore has also described include chronologically:

Subspecies

The subspecies that Moore has also described include chronologically:

  • Brown- tip motmot ( Momotus mexicanus vanrossemi ) Moore, RT , 1932
  • Rust-winged bunting ( Peucaea carpalis bangsi ) Moore, RT , 1932
  • Black- breasted mountain tangerine ( Cnemathraupis eximia cyanocalyptra ) Moore, RT , 1934
  • Black- breasted Mountain Tangare ( Cnemathraupis eximia zimmeri ) Moore, RT , 1934
  • Throat elf ( Chaetocercus heliodor cleavesi ) Moore, RT , 1934
  • Northern white-bellied poison dart ( Lepidocolaptes leucogaster umbrosus ) Moore, RT , 1934
  • Gray silkcatcher ( Ptiliogonys cinereus otofuscus ) Moore, RT , 1935
  • House Finch ( Haemorhous mexicanus rhodopnus ) Moore, RT , 1936
  • Rose-throated elf ( Atthis heloisa margarethae ) Moore, RT , 1937
  • Crimson Warbler ( Cardellina rubra melanauris ) Moore, RT , 1937
  • House bullfinch ( Haemorhous mexicanus centralis ) Moore, RT , 1937
  • Golden-billed Muse thrush ( Catharus aurantiirostris aenopennis ) Moore, RT , 1937
  • Ivory Parakeet ( Eupsittula canicularis clarae ) Moore, RT , 1937
  • Palm pygmy owl ( Glaucidium palmarum oberholseri ) Moore, RT , 1937 (subspecies of the Colima pygmy owl )
  • Townsendklarino ( Myadestes townsendi calophonus ) Moore, RT , 1937
  • Schwirrammer ( Spizella passerina atremaea ) Moore, RT , 1937
  • White-throated Thrush ( Turdus assimilis calliphthongus ) Moore, RT , 1937
  • Green crown Buschammer ( Arremon virenticeps verecundus ) Moore, RT , 1938
  • Mangrovevireo ( Vireo pallens paluster ) Moore, RT , 1938
  • House bullfinch ( Haemorhous mexicanus coccineus ) Moore, RT , 1939
  • House bullfinch ( Haemorhous mexicanus griscomi ) Moore, RT , 1939
  • Red-faced screech owl ( Megascops guatemalae dacrysistactus ) Moore, RT & Peters, JL , 1939 (subspecies of the Guatemala screech owl )
  • Red-faced owl ( Megascops guatemalae fuscus ) Moore, RT & Peters, JL , 1939 (subspecies of the Guatemala screech owl)
  • Broad-billed hummingbird ( Cynanthus latirostris propinquus ) Moore, RT , 1939
  • Bluethroat Warbler ( Sialia mexicana amabilis ) Moore, RT , 1939
  • Sedge wren ( Cistothorus platensis tinnulus ) Moore, RT , 1941
  • Western Screech Owl ( Megascops kennicottii suttoni ) Moore, RT , 1941
  • Jewelry Warbler ( Oreothlypis superciliosa sodalis ) Moore, RT , 1941
  • Rotstiss mockingbird ( Toxostoma crissale dumosum ) Moore, RT , 1941
  • Crooked- billed mockingbird ( Toxostoma curvirostre celsum ) Moore, RT , 1941
  • Brown-backed bunting ( Kieneria fusca toroi ) Moore, RT , 1942
  • Nelson's yellow throat ( Geothlypis nelsoni karlenae ) Moore, RT , 1946
  • Rust-winged bunting ( Peucaea carpalis cohaerens ) Moore, RT , 1946
  • Palm pygmy owl ( Glaucidium palmarum griscomi ) Moore, RT , 1947 (subspecies of the Colima pygmy owl )
  • Gray-headed pygmy owl ( Glaucidium griseiceps occultum ) Moore, RT , 1947 (subspecies of the Yucatán pygmy owl )
  • Little Swift Swift ( Panyptila cayennensis veraecrucis ) Moore, RT , 1947
  • Winter nightjar ( Phalaenoptilus nuttallii centralis ) Moore, RT , 1947
  • Brown-backed hamster ( Kieneria fusca campoi ) Moore, RT , 1949
  • Beryl Amazilie ( Amazilia beryllina lichtensteini ) Moore, RT , 1950

Works (selection)

  • A review of the races Geococcyx velox . In: Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History . tape 7 , no. 39 , 1934, pp. 455-470 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed January 29, 2015]).
  • New birds from northwestern Mexico . In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . tape 48 , 1935, pp. 111-114 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed January 29, 2015]).
  • A new jay of the genus cyanocorax from Sinaloa, Mexico . In: The Auk . tape 52 , no. 3 , 1935, pp. 274–277 (English, sora.unm.edu [PDF; 323 kB ; accessed on January 29, 2015]).
  • Description of a New Race of Carpodacus Mexicanus . In: The Condor . tape 38 , no. 5 , 1936, pp. 203–208 ( sora.unm.edu [PDF; 524 kB ; accessed on January 29, 2015]).
  • A New House Finch From Central Mexico . In: The Condor . tape 39 , no. 5 , 1937, pp. 204–206 ( sora.unm.edu [PDF; 248 kB ; accessed on January 29, 2015]).
  • New races of the genus Otus from northwestern Mexico . In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . tape 50 , 1937, pp. 63-68 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed January 29, 2015]).
  • Four new birds from northwestern Mexico . In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . tape 50 , 1937, pp. 95-102 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed January 29, 2015]).
  • Two new owls from Sinaloa, Mexico . In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . tape 50 , 1937, pp. 103-106 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed January 29, 2015]).
  • New race of Chubbia jamesoni from Colombia . In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . tape 50 , 1937, pp. 151–152 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed January 29, 2015]).
  • New races of Myadestes, Spizella and Turdus from northwestern Mexico . In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . tape 50 , 1937, pp. 201-205 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed January 29, 2015]).
  • A New Race of Finsch's Parrot . In: The Auk . tape 54 , no. 4 , 1937, pp. 528–529 (English, sora.unm.edu [PDF; 82 kB ; accessed on January 29, 2015]).
  • Unusual Birds and Extensions of Ranges in Sonora, Sinaloa and Chihuahua, Mexico . In: The Condor . tape 40 , no. 1 , 1938, p. 23–28 (English, sora.unm.edu [PDF; 527 kB ; accessed on January 29, 2015]).
  • Discovery of the Nest and Eggs of the Tufted Jay . In: The Condor . tape 40 , no. 6 , 1938, pp. 233–241 (English, sora.unm.edu [PDF; 743 kB ; accessed on January 29, 2015]).
  • A New Race of Wild Turkey . In: The Auk . tape 55 , no. 1 , 1938, p. 112–115 ( sora.unm.edu [PDF; 217 kB ; accessed on January 29, 2015]).
  • Rediscovery of Agyrtria luciae (Lawrence) . In: The Auk . tape 55 , no. 3 , 1938, pp. 534 ( sora.unm.edu [PDF; 78 kB ; accessed on January 29, 2015]).
  • New races in the genera of Vireo and Buarremon from Sinaloa . In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . tape 51 , 1938, p. 69-71 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed January 29, 2015]).
  • A Review of the House Finches of the Subgenus Burrica . In: The Condor . tape 41 , no. 5 , 1939, pp. 177–205 ( sora.unm.edu [PDF; 2.2 MB ; accessed on January 29, 2015]).
  • together with James Lee Peters: The Genus Otus of Mexico and Central America . In: The Auk . tape 56 , no. 1 , 1939, p. 38–56 (English, sora.unm.edu [PDF; 1,2 MB ; accessed on January 29, 2015]).
  • The Arizona Broad-Billed Hummingbird . In: The Auk . tape 56 , no. 3 , 1939, pp. 313–319 (English, sora.unm.edu [PDF; 387 kB ; accessed on January 29, 2015]).
  • Doricha Enicura In Honduras and Chiapas, Mexico . In: The Auk . tape 56 , no. 3 , 1939, pp. 337 (English, sora.unm.edu [PDF; 78 kB ; accessed on January 29, 2015]).
  • Habits of White-Eared Hummingbird In Northwestern Mexico . In: The Auk . tape 56 , no. 4 , 1939, pp. 442–446 (English, sora.unm.edu [PDF; 280 kB ; accessed on January 29, 2015]).
  • A new race of Cynanthus latirostris from Guanajuato . In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . tape 52 , 1939, pp. 57-60 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed January 29, 2015]).
  • New races of the genera Sialia and Carpodacus from Mexico . In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . tape 52 , 1939, pp. 125–129 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed January 29, 2015]).
  • A review of the House Finches of the subgenus Burrica . In: The Condor . tape 41 , no. 5 , 1939, pp. 177–205 ( sora.unm.edu [PDF; 2.2 MB ; accessed on January 29, 2015]).
  • Notes on Middle American Empidonaces . In: The Auk . tape 57 , no. 3 , 1940, p. 349–389 (English, sora.unm.edu [PDF; 2,3 MB ; accessed on January 29, 2015]).
  • The Nomenclature and Habits of the Black-Throated Cooper-Tailed Hummingbird . In: The Condor . tape 42 , no. 5 , 1940, p. 251–254 (English, sora.unm.edu [PDF; 315 kB ; accessed on January 29, 2015]).
  • Two new races oi Empidonax from Middle America . In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . tape 53 , 1940, p. 23–30 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed January 29, 2015]).
  • New races of flycatcher, warbler and wrens from Mexico . In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . tape 54 , 1941, pp. 35-42 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed January 29, 2015]).
  • New form of Toxostoma from Hildalgo . In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . tape 54 , 1941, pp. 149–150 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed January 29, 2015]).
  • Three new races in the genus Otus from central Mexico . In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . tape 54 , 1941, pp. 151–159 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed January 29, 2015]).
  • Notes on Toxostoma curvirostre of Mexico, with description of a new race . In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . tape 54 , 1941, pp. 211–216 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed January 29, 2015]).
  • with Arthur Barr: Habits of the White-Tailed Kite . In: The Auk . tape 57 , no. 4 , 1941, pp. 453–462 (English, sora.unm.edu [PDF; 617 kB ; accessed on January 29, 2015]).
  • Western Robin Nesting Near Pasadena, California . In: The Condor . tape 43 , no. 4 , 1941, pp. 201–202 (English, sora.unm.edu [PDF; 174 kB ; accessed on January 29, 2015]).
  • Notes on Pipilo fuscus of Mexico and description of a new form . In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . tape 55 , 1942, pp. 45-48 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed January 29, 2015]).
  • New Records of the Colima Warbler from Mexico . In: The Auk . tape 58 , no. 2 , 1942, p. 315 (English, sora.unm.edu [PDF; 58 kB ; accessed on January 29, 2015]).

literature

  • Herbert Friedmann: In memoriam: Robert Thomas Moore . In: The Auk . tape 81 , no. 3 , 1964, pp. 326–331 ( sora.unm.edu [PDF; 308 kB ; accessed on January 29, 2015] with picture).
  • Herbert Ferlando Schwarz: Robert Thomas Moore . In: The Explorers Journal . tape 37 , 1959, ISSN  0014-5025 , pp. 36 (with picture).
  • Justice Brown Detwiler: Who's Who in California. A biographical directory 1828-29 being a History of California as illustrated in the lives of the builders and defenders of the State, and of the men and women who are doing the work and molding the thought of the present time . Who's Who Publishing Company, San Francisco ( ebooksread.com [accessed January 29, 2015] 1928-29, with image).
  • Gerard Thomas Corley Smith: Early attempts at Galapagos conservation . In: Notícias de Galápagos . No. 49 , 1990, pp. 6–7 (English, darwinfoundation.org [PDF; 151 kB ; accessed on January 29, 2015]).
  • Lionel Stevenson: Best Poems of 1958. Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards, 1959. A Compilation of Original Poetry Published in Magazines of the English-speaking World in 1958 . tape 11 . Pacific Books, Palo Alto 1959.
  • Dwain Willard Warner, Byron Eugene Harrell: The Systematics and Biology of the Singing Quail, Dactylortyx Thoracicus . In: The Wilson Bulletin . tape 69 , no. 2 , 1957, p. 123–148 ( sora.unm.edu [PDF; 1.6 MB ; accessed on January 29, 2015]).
  • Hans Edmund Wolters: The genera of the West Palaearctic passerine birds (Ordn. Passeriiormes) . In: Bonn zoological contributions . tape 3 , 1952, pp. 231–288 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed January 29, 2015]).
  • Adriaan Joseph van Rossem: AJ van Rossem sent the following descriptions of twenty-one new races of Fringillidae and Iteridae from Mexico and Guatemala . In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . tape 58 , no. 415 , 1938, pp. 124-139 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed January 29, 2015]).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Justice Brown Detwiler, p. 504.
  2. ↑ Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / maineaudubon.org
  3. ↑ a b Herbert Ferlando Schwarz, p. 36.
  4. ↑ a b c d Herbert Friedmann, p. 327.
  5. ^ Robert Thomas Moore (1930) in The American Alpine Journal, p. 93.
  6. ^ Robert Thomas Moore (1930) in The American Alpine Journal, p. 94.
  7. ^ Robert Thomas Moore (1930) in The American Alpine Journal, p. 229.
  8. ^ Robert Thomas Moore (1930) in The American Alpine Journal, p. 104.
  9. ^ Gerard Thomas Corley Smith, p. 6.
  10. ↑ a b Herbert Friedmann, p. 328.
  11. ^ Moore Lab of Zoology Collection Fact Sheet
  12. ↑ Herbert Friedmann, p. 329.
  13. ^ A b Lionel Stevenson, no page indication.
  14. ↑ Herbert Ferlando Black, p. 36
  15. ↑ Members of the Society (PDF).
  16. ↑ Dwain Willard Warner et al. a., p. 139.
  17. ↑ Dwain Willard Warner et al. a., p. 138.
  18. ^ Adriaan Joseph van Rossem p. 135.

Remarks

  1. ↑ The information about the divorce and the second marriage comes from a diary by Selma Helena Muller (* 1882) from the years 1919–1922, which is available to Radcliffe College in the Schlesinger Library. Diary, 1919–1922 Moore, Selma Muller, 1882–
  2. ^ The place of death can be found in a brief note in the Poetry Society of America, Bulletin from 1958. There was written ROBERT THOMAS MOORE, PSA Trustee and Editor-in-Chief of Borestone Mt. Poetry Awards (which gave annual prizes in substantial sums to poets for published books or works in ms.), Died in his home at Flintridge, Cal. on October 30, aged 76. Dr. Moore, a retired professor in vertebrate zoology, directed his own laboratory in Occidental College. He led many expeditions to Mexico, Ecuador, and other parts of this continent, assembling a bird collection of 56,000 specimens, now housed in his laboratory. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Margaret Cleaves Moore; a son, Dr. Terris Moore (noted educator and explorer); and two daughters.
personal data
SURNAME Moore, Robert Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ornithologist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Haddonfield , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1958
Place of death La Cañada Flintridge , California