Word: akeley
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...owes his position as leader of the Asiatic expedition to a unique combination of scientific authority and practical resourcefulness in big game hunting and open-air life. He is as thoroughly at home in these as the late Theodore Roosevelt, the late Paul J. Rainey, Martin Johnson, Carl E. Akeley and other famous sportsmen. He is 39 years old, a graduate of Beloit College (1906) and an M. A. of Columbia (1913). He has been associate curator of mammals in the American Museum of Natural History for over 15 years, has taken part as special naturalist or director in several...
Divorced: Carl Akeley, hunter, explorer, naturalist, and Curator of the American Museum of Natural History, by Mrs. Delia G. Akeley. She charged desertion and cruelty...
Married: Martha Miller, 24, author and sculptress, who accompanied the Carl Akeley expedition to Africa in 1921, and Albert L. Bliven, 25, in New York. They plan a 50,000 mile honeymoon, including lion hunting in the Congo and tiger hunting in India...
Sued for Divorce: Mrs. Delia J. Akeley, by Carl E. Akeley, both noted African big game hunters, in Chicago. Mrs. Akeley filed a cross bill to her husband's. Both charged desertion...