Torreornis inexpectata sigmani M. J. Spence & B. L. Smith, 1961 (1 Viewer)

[Taphrospilus]

Torreornis inexpectata sigmani M. J. Spence & B. L. Smith, 1961 OD here

Subspecific name. This new subspecies honors the late Arthur Tucker Sigman of Elverson, Pennsylvania; this kindly gentleman was an inspirational teacher, conservationist, and amateur ornithologist.

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds

Zapata Sparrow ssp. Torreornis inexpectata sigmani M. J. Spence & B. L. Smith, 1961
Arthur Tucker Sigman (d.1959) was an American conservationist and amateur ornithologistin Pennsylvania.

The Key to Scientific Names

Arthur Tucker Sigman (d. 1959) US conservationist (subsp. Torreornis inexpectata).

If died 1959 is unknown to me. Maybe we get here the life dates? But it seems very likely here and he would be born around 1892 (as 67 at time of his death).

 

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Born

Jan 30, 1892.
https://peoplelegacy.com/arthur_t__sigman-0i6e4f .

 

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Arthur Tucker Sigman
Birth	20 Jan 1892 Elverson, Pennsylvania
Death	18 Mar 1959 West Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA