Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978
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W. Douglas Burden was a geologist, naturalist, hunter, filmmaker and author, affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. Burden was a trustee of the AMNH, 1926-1961, chaired a committee on the preparation of homolosine (equal-area projection) maps, and established the AMNH Dept. of Experimental Biology in 1928 (later named the Dept. of Animal Behavior).
Burden formed Burden Pictures, Inc., 1928-1931, with ichthyologist Ilia Tolstoy; beginning in 1935, with Tolstoy and C.V. Whitney, Burden formed Marine Studios (later named Marineland), an aquarium project in Florida, which worked to develop a shark repellent for use by the U.S. Navy during World War II.
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Burden was particularly interested in Komodo dragons and animal behavior. He was an official of several film companies, and a Trustee of the American Museum of Natural History, 1926-1961.
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Theater
Adventure and adventurers
Adventure and adventurers
Geology
Hunting
Komodo dragon
Map projection
Motion pictures
Natural history
Natural history
Natural history museums
Poultry
Scientific expeditions
Shark attacks
Sharks
World War, 1939-1945
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Alaska
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Kenai Peninsula (Alaska)
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New York (N.Y.)
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Beijing (China)
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China
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Tientsin (China)
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Nairobi (Kenya)
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Marineland (Fla.)
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United States
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New York (State)--Long Island
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United States
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China, North
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New York (State)--Long Island
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