| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person 
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                                | gptkbp:almaMater | gptkb:Yale_University gptkb:Columbia_University_College_of_Physicians_and_Surgeons
 
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                                | gptkbp:authorAbbreviationZoo | gptkb:Merriam 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1855-12-05 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:New_York,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 1942-03-19 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:fieldOfWork | ecology ornithology
 zoology
 mammalogy
 
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                                | gptkbp:fullName | gptkb:Clinton_Hart_Merriam 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | life zone concept founding the American Society of Mammalogists
 founding the National Geographic Society
 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:American 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:environmentalist gptkb:biologist
 
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                                | gptkbp:parent | gptkb:Caroline_Hart_Merriam gptkb:Clinton_Levi_Merriam
 
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                                | gptkbp:positionHeld | Chief of the Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy, U.S. Department of Agriculture 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Vernie_Merrill 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Urocyon_littoralis_clementae gptkb:Urocyon_littoralis_santarosae
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | C.H. Merriam 
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