Talk:Franklin Tanner Pember

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Franklin Tanner Pember is an important,, 19th century naturalist and philanthropist who created and donated the Pember Library and Museum to the town of Granville, New York in 1909. He was an important source of botanical and biological specimens to various natural history museums including the Harvard Peabody Museum, the Yale Peabody Museum and the New York Museum of Natural History. He made important contributions in the area of ornithology. 72.231.136.254 (talk) 20:25, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And f this fact had been mentioned in the lead, I'd have declined speedy yesterday. Dloh cierekim 03:09, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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There are sources on google to sift. Dloh cierekim 03:09, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is a small mention at Google News —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dlohcierekim (talk • contribs) 03:11, 5 March 2010