Clinton Hart Merriam

Clinton Hart Merriam was an American zoologist, mammalogist, ornithologist, entomologist, ecologist, ethnographer, geographer, naturalist and physician. He was commonly known as the 'father of mammalogy', a branch of zoology referring to the study of mammals.

5 December 1855

Born on the same birth day (5 December): Adam Thorpe • Ashia Hansen • Clyde Cessna • Fausto Sozzini • Francesco Scarlatti • Giuseppe Occhialini • Ibrahim Maalouf • John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies • Justin Smoak • Kaetlyn Osmond • Pablo Morales • Pieter Oud • Pope Julius II • President of Nicaragua • Rose Wilder Lane • Wayne Smith (musician)

Born in the same month (December 1855): August Kitzberg • Giovanni Pascoli • John Evans (Australian politician)