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Dean Arthur Amadon
Born(1912-06-05)June 5, 1912
DiedJanuary 12, 2003(2003-01-12) (aged 90)
NationalityAmerican
AwardsEisenmann Medal
Scientific career
FieldsOrnithology
InstitutionsAmerican Museum of Natural History
American Ornithologists' Union
Linnaean Society

Dean Arthur Amadon (June 5, 1912 – January 12, 2003) was an American ornithologist and an authority on birds of prey.

Amadon was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Arthur and Mary Amadon. He received a BS from Hobart College in 1934 and a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1947. In 1937 he joined the American Museum of Natural HistoryinNew York City and was Chairman of the Department of Ornithology there from 1957 until 1973. In 1942, he married Octavia Gardella and had two daughters: Susan Avis and Emily Yvonne.

George Junge and Dean Amadon in Vesterkulla, Finland, June 8, 1958.

Amadon was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, president of the American Ornithologists' Union from 1964 to 1966 and Linnaean Society of New York. He joined The Explorers Club in 1959. His books include Birds Around the World: A Geographical Look at Evolution and Birds (1966),[1] Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World (1968) with Leslie H. Brown,[2] and Curassows and Related Birds (1973) with Jean Delacour[3] (2nd edition, 2004).[4] He died on January 12, 2003, in his home at 25 Kenwood Road, Tenafly, New Jersey.[5]

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  1. ^ Friedmann, Herbert (1966-02-11). "Review of Birds Around the World: A Geographical Look at Evolution and Birds by Dean Amadon". Science. 151 (3711). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): 680–681. doi:10.1126/science.151.3711.680.b. ISSN 0036-8075. S2CID 239573017. p. 681
  • ^ Spofford, Walter R. (1970-08-07). "Review of Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World by Leslie Brown and Dean Amadon". Science. 169 (3945). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): 572–573. doi:10.1126/science.169.3945.572. ISSN 0036-8075. p. 573
  • ^ Johnsgard, Paul A. (April 1974). "Review of Curassows and Related Birds by Jean Delacour & Dean Amadon". The Auk. 91 (2): 445–448.
  • ^ Pereira, Sergio L. (1 May 2005). "Review of Curassows and Related Birds, Second Edition". The Condor. 107 (2): 479–480. doi:10.1093/condor/107.2.479.
  • ^ Saxon, Wolfgang. "Dean Amadon, an Authority On Birds of Prey, Dies at 90", The New York Times, January 15, 2003. Accessed May 11, 2017. "Dean Amadon, a renowned authority on birds of prey and former Lamont curator of birds at the American Museum of Natural History, died Sunday at his home in Tenafly, N.J."
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