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Lee Saunders Crandall (January 26, 1887 – June 25, 1969) was an American ornithologist and General Curator of Bronx Zoo. He worked at the Bronx Zoo from 1908 until his death in 1969. ==Biography== Born in Sherburne, New York before moving to Utica aged four, Crandall began breeding and exhibiting Sebright and Cochin Bantams aged fifteen. His father and grandfather being doctors, it was assumed Crandall would follow in their footsteps, and he attended Cornell Medical School in 1907; however, he only stayed for one year before realizing he wanted a career with animals. A chance conversation with his class president, the nephew of the Treasurer of the New York Zoological Society (now the Wildlife Conservation Society), led to an interview with Director of the New York Zoological Park (now the Bronx Zoo), William T. Hornaday.〔Conway, William (1972). In Memoriam: Lee Saunders Crandall The Auk, Vol. 89, No. 2, p. 421〕 After this interview, Crandall became a student at the Park in June 1908, with rotating duties in the Mammal, Reptile and Bird departments. A meeting with William Beebe, who at that time was Bird Department Curator, in late summer 1908, saw Crandall become Beebe’s assistant and a salaried keeper at the Zoo in the fall of 1908. This led Crandall to attend Columbia University where he took a variety of zoology courses during 1908 and 1909, returning to full-time work at the Zoo in 1909〔 Crandall was appointed Assistant Curator of Birds in 1911 and became Curator of the Bird Department in 1919, when Beebe began to devote his time fully to his Department of Tropical Research work. Crandall remained in this role until 1943, when he became General Curator, a role in which he remained until his retirement in 1952. After his retirement, he continued to work in the Zoo’s offices at least five days a week and served as Curator Emeritus until his death in 1969.〔 His long and illustrious career led to him achieving a much respected worldwide reputation in the zoo field and he was considered the preeminent authority on zoological park management and the maintenance of wild animals in captivity.〔Untitled biographical note held in Lee Saunders Crandall file of WCS archive subject files〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lee Crandall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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