biography
pronunciation:
[rohzuhvelt, roozv
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| lived:
| (1889–1943)
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| biography:
| Explorer and army officer, born in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, USA, the son of Theodore Roosevelt. He hunted and explored with his father (1909, 1913) and served with both the British aand the US armies during World War 1. In 1920 he formed the Roosevelt Steamship Co. With his brother, Theodore Roosevelt Jr, he collected rare animals and birds in Turkestan and China for the Field Museum in Chicago (1925, 1928–9). He died while on intelligence duty with the US Army in Alaska. |
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