WILLIAM TEMPLE HORNADAY
\wˈɪli͡əm tˈɛmpə͡l hˈɔːnɐdˌe͡ɪ], \wˈɪliəm tˈɛmpəl hˈɔːnɐdˌeɪ], \w_ˈɪ_l_iə_m t_ˈɛ_m_p_əl h_ˈɔː_n_ɐ_d_ˌeɪ]\
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An American naturalist and writer of travels; born near Plainfield, Ind., 1854. He was for a number of years chief taxidermist of the United States National Museum, Washington. He has written: "Two Years in the Jungle" (1885); "The Buffalo Hunt" (1887); "Free Rum on the Congo" (1887); "Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting"; "Canoe and Rifle on the Orinoco"; etc. Since 1896, Director of N.Y. Zoological Park.
By Charles Dudley Warner
