Carl Akeley

<p><strong>Carl Ethan Akeley</strong> (May 19, 1864 – November 17, 1926) was a pioneering American <a class="mw-redirect" title="Taxidermist" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxidermist">taxidermist</a>, sculptor, <a title="Biologist" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biologist">biologist</a>, <a title="Conservation movement" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_movement">conservationist</a>, inventor, and nature photographer, noted for his contributions to American <a class="mw-redirect" title="Museums" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museums">museums</a>, most notably to the <a title="" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_Public_Museum">Milwaukee Public Museum</a>, <a title="Milwaukee Public Museum" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Museum_of_Natural_History">Field Museum of Natural History</a> and the <a title= "American Museum of Natural History" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Museum_of_Natural_History">American Museum of Natural History</a>. He is considered the father of modern <a title="Taxidermy" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxidermy">taxidermy</a>.<sup id= "cite_ref-dictionary_1-0" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Akeley#cite_note-dictionary-1">[1]</a></sup> He was the founder of the <a title="AMNH Exhibitions Lab" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMNH_Exhibitions_Lab">AMNH Exhibitions Lab</a>, the interdisciplinary department that fuses scientific research with immersive design.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If you’d like to support the show on a per episode basis, you can find</span> <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/citationpod"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">our Patreon page here</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.  Be sure to check</span> <a href= "http://citationpod.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">our website</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">for more details.</span></p>