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Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Howland, John Snowden
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Description area
Dates of existence
1851–1885
History
John Snowden Howland was a 19th-century American oologist and ornithologist best known for his extensive private collection of bird eggs. He amassed a highly regarded private "Cabinet of Eggs" containing diverse specimens of North American birds.