death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name death_cause
02 april 1936 philadelphia , pennsylvania 23 february 1860 william louis abbott
 william louis abbott heart disease
william louis abbott

william louis abbott -lrb- 23 february 1860 -- 2 april 1936 -rrb- was an american medical doctor , explorer , ornithologist and field naturalist .
he complied prodigious collections of biological specimens and ethnological artefacts from around the world , especially from maritime southeast asia , and was a significant financial supporter of the united states national museum collecting expeditions .
