Murdoch, John, 1852-1925
Variant namesJohn Murdoch (1852-1925) was trained as a zoologist at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. He went on to spend a year as a professor of Zoology at the University of Wisconsin beginning in 1880. From 1881-1883, he served as naturalist on part of the Polar Expedition to Point Barrow Alaska. Later, he became a librarian at the Smithsonian Institution (1887-1892). In 1896, he began working as an assistant cataloger at the Boston Public Library, a post which he kept until 1923.
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| referencedIn | Internation Polar Expedition to Pt. Barrow Records, 1881-1888 | University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Polar Regions Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska (1881-1883). International Polar Expedition to Pt. Barrow, 1881-1888 | University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library |
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Birth 1852-07-09
Death 1925-09-22
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