Alophoixus ruficrissus fowleri (Amadon & Harrisson, 1956) (1 Viewer)

[Taphrospilus]

Alophoixus ruficrissus fowleri (Amadon & Harrisson, 1956) OD Amadon, D. & T. Harrisson, 1956. A new bulbul from the Kelabit Uplands. Sarawak Museum Journal, 7: 516–517 here

Remarks : The form is named for Mr. James A. Fowler III, a volunteer in the Department of Birds at the American Museum of Natural History, who arranged much of the Kelabit collection and who pointed out the distinctness of this form.

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds claims:

Ochraceous Bulbul ssp. Alophoixus ochraceus fowleri Amadon & Harrisson, 1957
James Alexander Fowler III (d.2003) was an American ornithologist and and herpetologist at the AMNH, New York (1952). Columbia awarded his PhD (1961), following which he joined the faculty of the of the State University of New York until retirement (1985). He was honoured because, when he was a graduate student at Columbia University, he had spent much time arranging all the bird holotypes in taxonomic order, with file cards for each one, so greatly facilitating future research. He was still studying and teaching when he suffered a fatal cerebral haemorrhage.

The Key to Scientific Names

Dr James Alexander Fowler III (d. 2003) US ornithologist (subsp. Alophoixus ruficrissus).

Unfortunately here no help to find his birth. I think not to be confused with him Jim Fowler. No idea when he was born exactly.

 

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James Alexander Fowler

Birth	30 Jan 1923 New York, USA
Marriage	23 Jul 1955
Residence	1996 Setauket, Suffolk, New York, USA
Death	19 Jul 2003 East Setauket, Suffolk, New York, USA

Father	James Alexander Fowler (1897-1985)
Mother	Hilleda T Fowler (1895-1985)
Spouse	Marguerite Della Phillips (1920-2000)