J. Alden Loring was a mammologist and field naturalist who served with the Bureau of Biological Survey, United States Department of Agriculture, the Bronx Zoological Park, the Smithsonian Institution and numerous expeditions collecting specimens in North America, Europe and Africa. A voluminous and careful traveling collector, Loring was recognized early in his career for 900 specimens collected, prepared and sent to the United States National Museum over a three month period during an 1898 expedition through Scandanavia and northwestern Europe[1].
J. (John) Alden Loring (1871-1947) later served on the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition (1909-1910) as the Smithsonian specialist designated to preserve specimens collected during the year-long expedition. His work and professional relationships spanned several continents focusing on collectiing and documenting species of small mammals.
Later sent as an joint envoy of the New York Zoological Park, Philadelphia Zoological Garden and the National Zoological Park to South Africa to collect animals and if possible to arrange for a supply of future living specimens[2].
References
edit- ^ "President Roosevelt's African Trip". Science. 28 (729): 876–877. December 18, 1908. doi:10.1126/science.28.729.876. JSTOR 1635075. PMID 17743798. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. 1917.
Publications
editLoring, J. Alden (John Alden). African Adventure Stories. New York, New York. C. Scribner's sons. 1914.