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In 1929, he began teaching in the Biology and Zoology departments at his alma mater, Haverford College, where he remained until his death in 1956. In 1930, he married Alta Merle Taylor, a former Physical Education instructor at Smith College. Taylor accompanied Dunn on several expeditions and often
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In 1944, Dunn conducted additional field work in South America through the Nelson Rockefeller Committee's Inter-American Cultural Exchange Program. He completed a census of snakes in Panama with the assistance of Herbert C. Clark and the
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assisted with his research at Haverford and other institutions. Dunn's proximity to Philadelphia led him to become the Honorary Curator of Reptiles at the
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in 1937, another position that he held until his death. At the academy, Dunn, along with his wife, worked extensively with specimens collected by
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in the Zoology Department. He briefly left the position from 1917 to 1918 to serve as an ensign in the
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Hoff CC, Sharp AJ, Moore WG (1956). "Resolution of Respect: Emmett Reid Dunn, 1894-1956".
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Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventative Medicine
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In 1915, Dunn began publishing scientific papers on snakes and
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and educator noted for his work in Panama and for studies of
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on his salamander research. He also served as the editor of
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A number of reptiles were named in honor of Dunn, both
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American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
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This author abbreviation is not to be confused with
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Arlington, Virginia
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Haverford College
Harvard University
Herpetology
Academy of Natural Sciences
American Museum of Natural History
Museum of Comparative Zoology
herpetologist
salamanders
Arlington, Virginia
James River
Haverford College
Philadelphia
Leonhard Stejneger
Smithsonian Institution
Harvard University
herpetofauna
Midway Mills, Virginia
plethodontid
Appalachian Mountains
North Carolina
Mary Dickerson
American Museum of Natural History
Smith College
U.S. Naval Reserve
World War I
H.M. Parshley
Harris Hawthorne Wilder
Thomas Barbour

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