Clarence Ray Carpenter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetClarence Ray Carpenter
American zoologist
Date of Birth: 28-Nov-1905
Place of Birth: Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 01-Mar-1975
Profession: zoologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Clarence Ray Carpenter
- Clarence Ray Carpenter (usually credited as C.
- R.
- Carpenter) (November 28, 1905 – March 1, 1975) was an American primatologist who was one of the first scientific investigators to film and videotape the behavior of primates in their natural environments. Born in Lincoln County, North Carolina, Carpenter earned his Bachelor of Science (1928) and Master of Science (1929) degrees at Duke University and his Doctor of Philosophy (1932) degree at Stanford University. From 1931 to 1934, Carpenter conducted field research on the natural behavior of primates under the sponsorship of Yale University professor Robert M.
- Yerkes.
- According to Irven DeVore, "for the succeeding thirty years almost all of the accurate information available on the behavior of monkeys and apes living in natural environments was the result of Carpenter's research and writing." Carpenter's lar gibbon, Hylobates lar carpenteri, is named in his honor.
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