Cherrie, George K. (George Kruck), 1865-

George K. Cherrie, field zoologist and curator. Cherrie explored and collected in South and Central America, independently and for institutions, including the American Museum of Natural History, the Field Museum, and the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.

Cherrie became assistant taxidermist at the U.S. Museum of Natural History in 1888, and began his tropical field work in 1889, spending three years in Costa Rica and becoming curator of birds and mammals. Cherrie returned to the U.S. in 1892, was assistant curator in ornithology at the Field Museum, 1894-1897, then held the same position at the Brooklyn Institute, 1899-1911. He took part in two of Theodore Roosevelt's expeditions to Brazil, 1913-1914 and 1916-1917, and in many other AMNH expeditions and field assignments.

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