Robert Porter Allen

Robert Porter Allen (24 April 1905 in South Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania – 28 June 1963 in Tavernier, Florida) was an American ornithologist and environmentalist. He achieved worldwide attention for his rescue operations of the whooping crane (Grus Americana) in the 1940s and 1950s.

References

Kathleen Kaska (2012). The Man Who Saved the Whooping Crane: The Robert Porter Allen Story. ISBN 978-0813040240.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 28515313 LCCN: n85218648 ISNI: 0000 0001 1612 5017 GND: 1025858999

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