Editing Carl Akeley (section)

{{short description|American sculptor (1864–1926)}}

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|name              = Carl Akeley
|image             = Carl Akeley 37036r.jpg
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|birth_date        = May 19, 1864
|birth_place       = [[Clarendon, New York]], US
|death_date        = November 17, 1926 (aged 62)
|death_place       = [[Mount Mikeno|Mt. Mikeno]], [[Belgian Congo]]
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|field             = [[Taxidermy]]
|work_institutions = [[Milwaukee Public Museum]], [[Field Museum of Natural History]], [[American Museum of Natural History]], the [[Smithsonian Institution]]
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|spouses           = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Delia Akeley]]|1902|1923|end=div}}
* {{marriage|[[Mary Jobe Akeley]]<br>|1924}}
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|relatives         = [[Lewis Akeley]] (brother)
|prizes            = [[The Franklin Institute Awards|John Scott Medal]] (1916)
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'''Carl Ethan Akeley''' (May 19, 1864 – November 17, 1926) was a pioneering American [[taxidermist]], sculptor, [[biologist]], [[conservation movement|conservationist]], inventor, and nature photographer, noted for his contributions to American [[museums]], most notably to the [[Milwaukee Public Museum]], [[Field Museum of Natural History]] and the [[American Museum of Natural History]]. He is considered the father of modern [[taxidermy]].<ref name=dictionary>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TvDiUjSnYKwC&pg=PA13 |title=Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists |author=Keir Brooks Sterling |year=1997 |access-date=January 21, 2008 |pages=12–13 |isbn=9780313230479 }}</ref> He was the founder of the [[AMNH Exhibitions Lab]], the interdisciplinary department that fuses scientific research with immersive design.