Henrietta James Reed Ridgway (1833-1886) (mother) ; 7 siblings, among them naturalist John Livzey Ridgway (1859-1947) ; ...
ornithological training as as the naturalist on Clarence King's Survey of the 40th Parallel, 1857ff.
United States of America
The Birds of North and Middle America (8 volumes, 1901-1919) ; A Nomenclature of Colors for Naturalists (1886) ; Color Standards & Color Nomenclature (1912) ; A. K. Fisher's The hawks and Owls of the United States in their Relation to Agriculture (1893) ;
appointed in 1880 by Spencer Fullerton Baird, secr. of Smithsonian Institution, as 1st curator of Birds at the Smithsonian Museum, Washington, D.C.;
bird illustrator -> Allan Brooks ; together with Stephen Alfred Forbes, R. R. wrote a 2-volumed book on the Ornithology of Illinois (1889 & 1895) ;
zoological and ornithological drawing and painting ; hand-colouring ;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ridgway and further links there ; https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/36567700/robert_ridgway ;
H. Harris : R.R., w. bibliogr.of his published writings & 50 illustrations, The Condor 30, 1: 5-118 ; Daniel Lewis: The Feathery Tribe (New Haven 2012) ; A. Wetmore: Biographical Memoirs (National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 15, 1931: 57-101; Lederer 2019: chapter 7 ; Nissen: Zoolog. Buchillustration 1969/78 (## 2962, 4184 & 4756) ;
American ornithologist specializing in systematics, co-founder of the American Ornithologists' Union in 1883.
Further siblings: Frances A. "Fannie" Ridgway Leeds (1852-1925) (sister) ; Nina Ridgway Marx (1856-1952) (sister) ; Lida B. Ridgway Palmatier (1861-1956) (sister) ; Joseph H. Ridgway (1864-1907) (brother) ; Willie Ivens Ridgway (1872-1872) (brother) ; Clarence David Ridgway (1872-1902) (brother).
Further relatives: illustrator -> Horace Perkins the Younger (1833-1895) (father-in-law) ;
Further archival source: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/36567700/robert_ridgway .
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