James Orton

Person · Open Library

Born

1830

Died

1877

Works

21

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Female

Origin

London

Active from

1970-12-14

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

9

Total plays

28

James Orton (21 April 1830, Seneca Falls, New York – 25 September 1877, Lake Titicaca, Peru) was an American naturalist who contributed much to the knowledge of South America and the Amazon basin. He was the son of Presbyterian clergyman and theologian Azariah Giles Orton. Four of his seven brothers died in infancy, and the family's financial resources were very meager. Early in life he developed an interest in natural history and writing. Financial difficulties and poor health delayed his matr

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

   · 2021 · cited 77,634x

2. Special points for Brillouin-zone integrations

   · 1976 · cited 67,224x

3. Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

   · 2012 · cited 65,142x

4. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

   · 2020 · cited 34,745x

5. Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.

   · 1988 · cited 31,279x

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Quotes

• “The age is demanding a broader, deeper, truer, . Unreasonable prejudice is hiding itself, along with the effete and narrow views of our fathers; and the world has come to the consciousness, that the culture of both sexes must keep pace with the ever-changing sphere of personal activity.”
• “The Ornithological in the Vassar Museum, contains nearly twelve hundred distinct species, of which seven hundred are North American, and the remainder South American. Among them are several s and others of historical interest as the originals of .”
• “The importance of every fact relating to the natural limits of animals and plants is felt in its bearing on the great question of the day—the .”
• “... precisely how we shall educate the coming woman, is still an open question. Much that has been written has been purely theoretic. Facts, however, are multiplying. Four different experiments are now in process: University Examinations, the , Mixed Colleges, and . For a great University to condescend to examine female candidates and grant certificates, is a step forward; but it does not furnish the means of education.”

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