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Robert Cyril Stebbins correspondence with Raymond B. Cowles, 1945-1975.
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Robert Cyril Stebbins correspondence with Raymond B. Cowles, 1945-1975Creator/Contributor:
Stebbins, Robert C. (Robert Cyril), 1915-2013, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Cowles, Raymond B. (Raymond Bridgman), 1896-1975, correspondent.Abstract:
Spiral bound volume containing photocopies of correspondence between Professor Raymond B. Cowles and his former student, Professor
Robert C. Stebbins, from June 18, 1945 to November 7, 1975, with special emphasis on human population and resource issues.
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1945 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caStebbins, Robert C. (Robert Cyril) -- 1915-2013 -- Archives
Stebbins, Robert C. (Robert Cyril) -- 1915-2013 -- Correspondence
Cowles, Raymond B. (Raymond Bridgman) -- 1896-1975 -- Correspondence
University of California (1868-1952). -- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology -- Faculty
University of California, Berkeley. -- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology -- Faculty
University of California, Los Angeles -- Faculty
Herpetology -- Study and teaching
Herpetology -- Research
Herpetologists -- United States
College teachers -- California -- Berkeley
College teachers -- California -- Los Angeles
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Robert Cyril Stebbins correspondence with Raymond B. Cowles, 1945 June 18-1975 Nov. 7, BANC MSS 2010/237, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Robert Cyril Stebbins (March 31, 1915 - September 23, 2013) was an American herpetologist and illustrator known for his field
guides and popular books as well as his studies of reptiles and amphibians. His Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians,
first published in 1966, is still considered the definitive reference of its kind, owing to both the quality of the illustrations
and the comprehensiveness of the text. In 1945 Stebbins was hired an assistant professor of zoology at the University of California,
Berkeley, and became the first curator of herpetology at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, where he would remain throughout
his career. The first faculty member to teach herpetology at Berkeley, he wrote new lab manuals, created the herpetology teaching
collection, and co-taught a popular course on vertebrate natural history.
Raymond Bridgman Cowles was a herpetologist and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Born in the British
Colony of Natal (in what is now KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) to American missionary parents, he emigrated to the United States
in the early 1900s. He attended Pomona College as an undergrad and earned his PhD at Cornell University under Albert Hazen
Wright. He is known for his research on desert ecology and reptile thermoregulation, as well as his popular books on environmental
conservation.
In English.
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