Alexander William Francis Banfield
Alexander William Francis Banfield | |
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| Born | March 12, 1918 Toronto, Ontario |
| Died | March 8, 1996 (aged 77) St. Catharines, Ontario |
| Other names | Frank Banfield, A.W.F. Banfield |
| Occupation(s) | wildlife biologist; naturalist; author; university professor (co-founder (with urban planner Robert Hoover) of the Institute of Urban and Environmental Studies at Brock University, one of the first interdisciplinary environmental studies programs in Canada. |
| Organization(s) | National Museum of Canada Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Known for | Arctic mammalogist mammalogist |
Alexander William Francis Banfield, Frank Banfield, A. W. F, Banfield (March 12, 1918 – March 8, 1996), was one of the small group of early Canadian mammalogists who worked with Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) and the National Museum of Canada. His research and publications appeared repeatedly in publications on mammals in Canada. and in 1974 he published his book Mammals of Canada. His 1961 article "A Revision of the Reindeer and Caribou, Genus Rangifer" in the National Museum of Canada's Bulletin continues to be widely cited today in discussions on subspecies and ecotypes of caribou.