Edward Alphonso Goldman
Edward Alphonso Goldman (July 7, 1873 – September 2, 1946) was an American field naturalist and mammalogist. He worked extensively in Mexico with Edward William Nelson and described and revised many groups of mammals. He was considered a leading expert on the mammals of North America.He was born Edward Alphonso Goltman in Mount Carroll, Illinois, on July 7, 1873, to French-German American parents Jacob H. and Laura C. Goltman. They were originally from Pennsylvania before moving to Illinois, then to Nebraska, where Jacob changed the surname to Goldman, and finally California. There, Jacob, who had an interest in natural history, met naturalist Edward William Nelson, who was looking for an assistant, around 1891. Young Edward became this assistant, beginning a friendship and professional relationship with Nelson that was to last until the latter's death. Goldman did well on their first joint collecting trip in California, which ended in January 1892, and then set out for Mexico with Nelson for a three-month trip. In fact, they stayed for four years, beginning an acquaintance with Mexico that would take them to almost every corner of the country and result in the collection of over 20,000 mammal specimens.
He met Emma May Chase in 1901, and married her the next year, the marriage producing three sons. Beginning in 1910, he participated in a biological survey of the Panama Canal Zone, performing a baseline survey to gauge the environmental impact of the Panama Canal. While in the United States, Goldman performed many other functions, and during World War I he was a major in the U.S. Armed Forces in France working on rodent control. After being released from administrative duties in 1928, he was able to devote all his time to scientific study and he continued even after his 1944 retirement. Goldman collected his last mammal on April 4, 1946—a Florida pocket gopher. He continued to work on Mexican mammals until he had a stroke on August 30, 1946; he died on September 2, 1946, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on September 6.
Goldman published 206 papers during his lifetime and described over 300 new mammals. In 1941, he had described more new mammals than any other living scientist. More than fifty animals were named after him, including various mammals, some birds, a lizard (''Sceloporus goldmani)'', a snake, a turtle, a frog, and a mollusk. There is even a Goldman Peak in Baja California. In 1946, he became the President of the American Society of Mammalogists.
Goldman was a proponent of exterminating large predators such as wolves and coyotes and was instrumental in promoting programs to that end via the Bureau of Biological Survey. He is credited with describing the coyote as the "archpredator of our time".
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Descriptions of twelve new species and subspecies of mammals from Panama / by Goldman, Edward Alphonso, 1873-1946
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Revision of the spiny pocket mice : (Genera Heteromys and Liomys) / by Goldman, Edward Alphonso, 1873-1946
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Revision of the wood rats of the genus Neotoma / by Goldman, Edward Alphonso, 1873-1946
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Plant records of an expedition to Lower California / by Goldman, Edward Alphonso, 1873-1946
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The rice rats of North America : (Genus Oryzomys) / by Goldman, Edward Alphonso, 1873-1946
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The pocket gophers (genus Thomomys) of Arizona. by Goldman, Edward Alphonso, 1873-1946
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Raccoons of North and middle America / by Goldman, Edward Alphonso, 1873-1946
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New mammals from eastern Panama / by Goldman, Edward Alphonso, 1873-1946
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Descriptions of new mammals from Panama and Mexico / by Goldman, Edward Alphonso, 1873-1946
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Mammals of Panama : (with thirty-nine plates) / by Goldman, Edward Alphonso, 1873-1946
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A new kingfisher from Panama / by Goldman, Edward Alphonso, 1873-1946
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Biological investigations in Mexico (with 71 plates) / by Goldman, Edward Alphonso, 1873-1946
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Descriptions of five new mammals from Panama / by Goldman, Edward Alphonso, 1873-1946
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Revision of spiny pocket mice (genera Heteromys and Liomys)
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New kingfisher from Panama
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Descriptions of new mammals from Panama and Mexico
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Descriptions of 12 new species and subspecies of mammals from Panama
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New mammals from eastern Panama
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Descriptions of 5 new mammals from Panama
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Mammals of Panama
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