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Clinton G. Abbott

Liverpool, 1881 - 1946, San Diego

BiographyClinton Gilbert Abbott, Director of the San Diego Natural History Museum from 1922 until his death in 1946, saw the Museum through times of great hardship as well as growth. From the rapid ascent of the San Diego Society of Natural History during the 1920s, to the doldrums of the Depression during the 1930s, Abbott supervised the construction of the Museum’s current building, arranged numerous field trips for his research staff, and was involved in a number of conservancy issues. The 1940s would see a different challenge arise as the war effort dictated the building be converted into a naval hospital. Regardless of these hardships, Abbott stayed the course, leading the Museum into a new era of prosperity during the 1950s.
Source: San Diego Natural History Museum: https://web.archive.org/web/20160624032750/http://www.sdnhm.org/about-us/history/abbott/ accessed 9/7/18 MP.

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