Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: manila , philippines - resting place coordinates: 43.844183 -72.185824 inline , title - resting place: pleasant ridge cemetery , north thetford , vermont - citizenship: united states - death date: 2 may 1924 - ethnicity: anglo-american - field: zoology public official businessman - work institution: university of michigan , philippine insular government - birth date: 1 october 1866 - name: dean conant worcester - image size: 175px - footnotes: -lsb- michigan -rsb- http://www.lib.umich.edu/special-collections-library/dean-c-worcester-papers-1834-1915 dean c. worcester papers at university of - image: dean conant worcester 1866-1924 . jpg - birth place: thetford , vermont - religion: congregational - alma mater: university of michigan Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of dean conant worcester .
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dean conant worcester , d.sc .-lrb- hon. -rrb- , frgs -lrb- 1866 -- 1924 -rrb- was an american zoologist , public official , and authority on the philippines , born at thetford , vermont , and educated at the university of michigan -lrb- a.b. , 1889 -rrb- .he first went to the philippines in 1887 as a junior member of a scientific expedition , and built a controversial career in the early american colonial government beginning in 1899 based upon his experience in the country .he served as the influential secretary of the interior of the philippine islands until 1913 when he began focusing on his business interests .he died in the philippines having organized and managed businesses that included coconut farming and processing , cattle raising and a maritime shipping line .