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RIDGWAY, Robert (1850 – 1929)

RIDGWAY, Robert (1850 – 1929)

1850 – 1929

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1886 CE

#9566

A nomenclature of colors for naturalists, and compendium of useful knowledge for ornithologists.

Ridgway proposed a simple classification system, doing away with many subjective and evocative names that were currently popular. The work illustrated 186 colors. Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Libra…