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): Alvy Moore • Arthur Currie • Danny Levi • Gareth McAuley • Giuseppe de Majo • Jianwen Emperor • Krystian Zimerman • Nicolas Cleynaerts • Nunnally Johnson • Olli Jokinen • Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer • Serge Chapleau

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