Ray Bandar
Encyclopedia
Ray Bandar is a scientist
, researcher
, teacher
, naturalist
, and artist
living in the San Francisco, California
area. He has collected more than 7,000 bone specimens, primarily skulls, from animals across the world. He is legally authorized to gather specimens under the permits of the California Academy of Sciences
and his collection is eventually to be inherited by the Academy.
Scientist
A scientist in a broad sense is one engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge. In a more restricted sense, a scientist is an individual who uses the scientific method. The person may be an expert in one or more areas of science. This article focuses on the more restricted use of the word...
, researcher
Researcher
A researcher is somebody who performs research, the search for knowledge or in general any systematic investigation to establish facts. Researchers can work in academic, industrial, government, or private institutions.-Examples of research institutions:...
, teacher
Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
, naturalist
Naturalist
Naturalist may refer to:* Practitioner of natural history* Conservationist* Advocate of naturalism * Naturalist , autobiography-See also:* The American Naturalist, periodical* Naturalism...
, and artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
living in the San Francisco, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
area. He has collected more than 7,000 bone specimens, primarily skulls, from animals across the world. He is legally authorized to gather specimens under the permits of the California Academy of Sciences
California Academy of Sciences
The California Academy of Sciences is among the largest museums of natural history in the world. The academy began in 1853 as a learned society and still carries out a large amount of original research, with exhibits and education becoming significant endeavors of the museum during the twentieth...
and his collection is eventually to be inherited by the Academy.
External links
- Shelf Life A short documentary about Bandar and his wife of 50 years, Alkmene Bandar. Directed by Don Bernier, produced by mimetic media.
- Ray Bandar: A Life With Skulls A documentary film by about Bandar's work, directed by Beth Cataldo.
- Filmworks XVII Soundtrack to "Ray Bandar: A Life With Skulls" by composer John ZornJohn ZornJohn Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...
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