Robert Winthrop Storer (20 September 1914 – 14 December 2008) was an American ornithologist known for his work on avian systematics and

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, especially of

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s. He was born in

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. He was the 1997 recipient of the

Cooper Ornithological Society The Cooper Ornithological Society (COS), formerly the Cooper Ornithological Club, was an American ornithological society. It was founded in 1893 in California and operated until 2016. Its name commemorated James Graham Cooper, an early California b ...

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Loye and Alden Miller Research Award The Loye and Alden Miller Research Award, now known as the AOS Miller Award, was established in 1993 by the Cooper Ornithological Society (COS) to recognize lifetime achievement in ornithological research. The namesakes were Loye H. Miller and his ...

, which is given in recognition of lifetime achievement in ornithological research.COS: Miller Awards

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