S. Dillon RIPLEY

Background

RIPLEY, S. was born on September 20, 1913 in New York, United States. Son of Louis Arthur Ripley and Constance Baillie (Rose).

Education

Saint Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire (U.S.), and Yale and Harvard Universities. 1983), The Sacred Grove/Essays on Museums 1969. The Paradox of the Human Condition 1975, Rails of the World 1977, A Pictorial Guide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent 1983.

Career

Assistant American Museum of Natural History, New York 1939-1940. Assistant Harvard University 1941-1942. Assistant; Lecturer and Association.

Assistant Professor 1949-1955, Association Professor Zoology 1955-1961, Professor, of Biology 1961-1964.

Director Peabody Museum of Natural History 1959-1964. Guggenheim Foundation Fellow 1954.

President Institute Council of Bird Preservation 1958-1982, President Emeritus since 1982. Fellow or; Commander Dannebrog (Denmark), Golden Ark (Netherlands), Grand Cross del Merito Civil (Spain), Holland Society.

Membership

Of numerous scientific societies in United States and abroad, including National Academy, of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Academy, of Arts and Sciences and British Ornithologists’ Union.

Interests

• Travel, observing and collecting waterfowl, especially watching ducks.

Connections

Married Mary Moncrieffe Livingston in 1949.

Father:

Louis Arthur Ripley

Mother:

Constance Baillie (Rose)

Spouse:

Mary Moncrieffe Livingston