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'''Rudolph Martin Anderson''' (June 30, 1876 &ndash; June 21, 1961) was an [[United States of America|American]] born [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[zoologist]] and [[explorer]].

==Early life==
He was born in [[Decorah, Iowa]] in 1876, the son of John E. A. Anderson. He received a Ph.D. from the [[University of Iowa]] in 1906; his dissertation was entitled, ''The birds of Iowa''.<ref name="auto">{{cite book|title=Who Was Who in American History - the Military|date=1975|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|location=Chicago|isbn=0837932017|page=11}}</ref>

==Military service ==
He was a veteran of the [[Spanish–American War]], serving as a corporal in the 52nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry.<ref name="iagenweb">{{cite web|url=http://iagenweb.org/boards/winneshiek/biographies/index.cgi?read=211985 |last=Ferrall |first=S. |date=December 3, 2008 |title=Rudolph M. Anderson |publisher=iagenweb.org|access-date=2009-03-05}}</ref>  He served with the 54th Infantry [[Iowa Army National Guard|National Guard of Iowa]] from 1900 to 1906.<ref name="auto"/>  He was a captain with the National Guard of Missouri from 1906 to 1908.<ref name="auto1">{{cite book|title=Who Was Who in American History - the Military|date=1975|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|location=Chicago|isbn=0837932017}}</ref>

==Civilian career==
Anderson participated in the Stefansson-Anderson Arctic Expedition which explored [[Alaska]] and the northern [[Yukon]] from 1908 to 1912 and was part of the [[Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1916|Canadian Arctic Expedition]] led by [[Vilhjalmur Stefansson]] from 1913 to 1916.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/11/28/100560354.pdf|title=Explorer back from Blonde Eskimo Land|date=November 28, 1912|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=2009-03-05 }}</ref>

Anderson joined [[the Explorers Club]] in New York in 1912, but resigned six years later.

He assisted in the development of the [[Migratory Birds Convention]] signed by Canada and the [[United States]] in 1916. He was chief of the Biology Division of the [[Canadian Museum of Nature|National Museum of Canada]] from 1920 to 1946.

==Death and legacy==
He died in [[Ottawa]] in 1961.<ref name="auto"/>

==Partial works==
* (1897). ''An annotated list of the birds of Winnebago and Hancock counties, Iowa'', {{oclc|21470231}}
* (1913–18). ''Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913–18'', {{oclc|65754731}}
* (1917). ''Canadian Arctic Expedition. I. Report of Northern division. II. Report of Southern division,'', {{oclc|11984074}}
* (1921). ''[[John Macoun]], 1832 [i.e. 1831]-1920'', {{oclc|53698027}}
* (1932). ''Methods of collecting and preserving vertebrate animals'', {{oclc|3174231}}
* (1934). ''Mammals of the eastern Arctic and Hudson Bay; Arctic flora'', {{oclc|1181152}}
* (1937). ''Mammals and birds of the western Arctic district, Northwest Territories, Canada'', {{oclc|27841943}}
* (1937). ''Faunas of Canada'', {{oclc|23859629}}
* (1943). ''A synopsis of the rodents of the southern parts of the prairie provinces of Canada'', {{oclc|83221430}}

== Honors ==
*Spanish–American War Medal<ref name="auto"/>
*Expert Rifleman with bars<ref name="auto1"/>
*King George VI Coronation medal<ref name="auto1"/>
*Knight Officer International Order, St. Hubert, 1951<ref name="auto1"/>

== See also ==
* [[Rudolf Martin (disambiguation)]]

==Archives==
There is a Rudolph Martin Anderson [[fonds]] at [[Library and Archives Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Finding aid to Rudolph Martin Anderson fonds, Library and Archives Canada|date = 20 July 2017|url= http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=106977&lang=fra}}</ref> Archival reference number is R6390.

==References==
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;Bibliography
*{{cite book|title=Who Was Who in American History - the Military|date=1975|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|location=Chicago|isbn=0837932017}}

==External links==
* [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rudolph-martin-anderson Rudolph Martin Anderson] at [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]
* [https://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/cae/peo62e.html Profile of Dr. Anderson from Canadian Museum of Civilization online exhibition of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1916]

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[[Category:Canadian explorers]]
[[Category:People from Decorah, Iowa]]
[[Category:American expatriates in Canada]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian zoologists]]


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