Leonhard Stejneger

Leonhard Hess Stejneger
Stejneger, c. 1910s
Born(1851-10-30)October 30, 1851
Bergen, Norway
DiedFebruary 28, 1943(1943-02-28) (aged 91)
Washington, D.C.
EducationPh.D., University of Christiania
Occupationbiologist

Leonhard Hess Stejneger (30 October 1851 – 28 February 1943) was a Norwegian-born American ornithologist, herpetologist and zoologist. Stejneger specialized in vertebrate natural history studies. He gained his greatest reputation with reptiles and amphibians.[1]

  1. ^ Wetmore, Alexander (1945). "Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1851–1943)". Biographical Memoir. Nat. Acad. Sci. 24: 145–195. PDF