Rollo Beck

Deceased Person

1870 – 1950

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Who was Rollo Beck?

Rollo Howard Beck was an American ornithologist, bird collector for museums, and explorer. Beck's Petrel and the Volcán Wolf subspecies of Galápagos tortoise Chelonoidis nigra becki are named after him. A recent paper by Fellers examines all the known taxa named for Beck. Beck was recognized for his extraordinary ability as a field worker by Robert Cushman Murphy as being "in a class by himself," and by University of California at Berkeley professor of zoology Frank Pitelka as "the field worker" of his generation.

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Born
Aug 26, 1870
Nationality
  • United States of America
Died
Nov 22, 1950

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on July 23, 2013

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