In memoriam : Alexander Wetmore

Abstract

If anyone could be called the 20th-century doyen of American ornithology, it was Alexander Wetmore. From his very youth, the study of birds was his passion. He trained himself as a biologist and never wavered from his devotion to science during his long life. Bird migration, classification, distribution, avian paleontology, and collecting all claimed his expert attention, and he lived to enjoy a deserved reputation as a world authority in these fields.