Klauber, Laurence Monroe, 1883-1968

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Name (Latin)
Klauber, Laurence Monroe, 1883-1968
Other forms of name
Klauber, L. M. (Laurence Monroe), 1883-1968
Date of birth
1883
Date of death
1968
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Herpetology
Occupation
Herpetologists
Authors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 46931751
Wikidata: Q3218919
Library of congress: n 80060361
Sources of Information
  • Annotated list of the amphibians and reptiles of the southern border of California, 1934:title page (L.M. Klauber, Curator of Reptiles, Zoological Society of San Diego)
  • His A key to the rattlesnakes ... 1936.
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Wikipedia description:

Laurence Monroe Klauber (December 21, 1883, in San Diego, California – May 8, 1968, in San Diego), was an American herpetologist and the foremost authority on rattlesnakes. He was the first curator of reptiles and amphibians at the San Diego Natural History Museum and Consulting Curator of Reptiles for the San Diego Zoo. He was also a businessman, inventor, and contributed to mathematics in his study of the distribution of prime numbers.

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