This article is about the American ornithologist. For other people with the same name, see Robert Ridgway (disambiguation).
Robert Ridgway
Born
(1850-07-02)July 2, 1850
Mount Carmel, Illinois
Died
March 25, 1929(1929-03-25) (aged 78)
Olney, Illinois
Nationality
American
Known for
Systematics, The Birds of North and Middle America,Color Standards and Color Nomenclature
Awards
Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal (1919)
Scientific career
Fields
Ornithology
Institutions
Smithsonian Institution
Author abbrev. (botany)
Ridgway
Author abbrev. (zoology)
Ridgway
Signature
Robert Ridgway (July 2, 1850 – March 25, 1929) was an American ornithologist specializing in systematics. He was appointed in 1880 by Spencer Fullerton Baird, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to be the first full-time curator of birds at the United States National Museum, a title he held until his death. In 1883, he helped found the American Ornithologists' Union, where he served as officer and journal editor. Ridgway was an outstanding descriptive taxonomist, capping his life work with The Birds of North and Middle America (eight volumes, 1901–1919). In his lifetime, he was unmatched in the number of North American bird species that he described for science. As technical illustrator, Ridgway used his own paintings and outline drawings to complement his writing. He also published two books that systematized color names for describing birds, A Nomenclature of Colors for Naturalists (1886) and Color Standards and Color Nomenclature (1912). Ornithologists all over the world continue to cite Ridgway's color studies and books.
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ProQuest 213550432. Trost, Charles H. (1968). "Ammospiza nigrescens (Ridgway): Dusky seaside sparrow". In Bent, Arthur Cleveland; Austin Jr., Oliver...
and Company. OCLC 768502. Ridgway, Robert (1912). Color standards and color nomenclature. Washington, D.C.: RobertRidgway. LCCN 13007093. OCLC 630954...
University Press. ISBN 9780691044026. Lewis, D. (2012). The Feathery Tribe: RobertRidgway and the Modern Study of Birds. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press...
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The black rosy finch was first classified by American ornithologist RobertRidgway in 1874. This bird has been thought to form a superspecies with the...
weak eye mask. It is non-migratory. Its scientific name commemorates RobertRidgway. P. haliaetus cristatus (Vieillot, 1816) – the Australasian osprey is...
Retrieved 29 May 2021. Baird, Spencer Fullerton, Thomas Mayo Brewer, and RobertRidgway. The water birds of North America. Vol. 1. Little, Brown,, 1884. Forbes...
Rea Paul (1930) A Dictionary of Color, p. 192, New York: McGraw-Hill RobertRidgway (1912) Color Standards and Color Nomenclature, p. 67, Published by the...
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