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as a fish taxonomist. He occupied this post for 4 years before moving to
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Mead died on 13 February 2003 at the Mead Ranch. The majority of his book collection was donated to the Los
Angeles County Museum, with many of the most valuable books being donated to the
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and spectacular minerals. He was also a book collector, especially of natural history titles, basing his collection around the collection of
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are grown on the 1,300 acres (530 ha) ranch. He also became interested in conservation, and in 1990 the ranch was placed under a
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and in research and civic support. Through the Mead
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prints. He also added to his father's collections of
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Mead was honored in the names of the following taxa:
435:"The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database"
173:Collection Building in Ichthyology and Herpetology
23:and museum curator who was the director of the
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404:"Giles W. Mead Jr. 1928-2003"
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183:Personal life and death
177:William D. Anderson Jr.
157:Frogfishes of the World
37:Smithsonian Institution
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134:conservation easement
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29:Stanford University
307:Scyliorhinus meadi
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126:Cabernet Sauvignon
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153:Gadiformes
112:Later life
57:Bachelor's
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130:Zinfandel
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225:Kanazawa
193:netsukes
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