Kenneth Carroll Parkes

Kenneth Carroll Parkes (8 August 1922 – 16 July 2007) was an American ornithologist.He worked as a curator at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and was involved in studies on birds both in the field and museum, the standardization of North American bird names in English, and on the terminology used to describe molt.Parkes was born in Hackensack, New Jersey and studied in New York City.He obtained his bachelor's (1943) and masters' (1948) degrees from Cornell University followed by a PhD (1952) studying under Arthur A. Allen.[2][3][4] He was also involved in the production of the humorous journal, the Auklet, which he edited and also contributed to.
Carnegie Museum of Natural HistoryHackensack, New JerseyLincoln School of Teachers' CollegeLouis Agassiz FuertesCornell UniversityArthur A. AllenHumphrey–Parkes terminology