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Leonhard Stejneger
Biologist
Leonhard Hess Stejneger (30 October – 28 February ) was a Norwegian-born Americanornithologist, herpetologist and zoologist.
Stejneger specialized in vertebrate natural history studies.
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He gained his greatest reputation with reptiles and amphibians.[1]
Early life and family
Stejneger was born in Bergen, Norway. His father was Peter Stamer Steineger, a merchant and auditor; his mother was Ingeborg Catharine (née Hess).
Leonhard was the eldest of seven children. His sister Agnes Steineger was a Norwegian artist.
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Until , the Steineger family had been one of the wealthy families in Bergen; at that time business reverses led to the father declaring bankruptcy.[2]
Stejneger attended the Smith Theological School in Bergen from to , and Bergen Latin School until His interests in zoology developed early.
By age sixteen, he had a printed catalogue of birds, and he painted birds in water color. He moved with his mother to Meran in S