William Bebb Richardson (29 February 1912, Pasadena, California – 25 January 2006, Lindsay, California)Hartman Family Tree, William Bebb Richardson - Marjorie Elizabeth Wright was an American mammalogist. The two mammalian species names for Richardson's mountain rat and Richardson's shrew mouse are associated with the mammalogist William Bebb Richardson; William Blaney Richardson was long dead at the time of the Archbold expedition.
Richardson received his bachelor's degree in 1935 from the University of California, Berkeley. He participated in the Archbold 1938–1939 expedition to New Guinea.
Associated eponyms for William Bebb Richardson Microhydromys richardsoni – Northern groove-toothed shrew mouse (or Richardson's shrew mouse) Rattus richardsoni – Glacier rat (or Richardson's mountain rat)
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