Clyde Roper

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Clyde F. E. Roper (born 1937) is a zoologist at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He has organised a number of expeditions to New Zealand to study giant squid, including in 1997[http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/squid_expedition.html In Search of Giant Squid - An Expedition into the Depths of the Last Frontier] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130321162515/http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/squid_expedition.html |date=2013-03-21 }}. Smithsonian Institution. and 1999.Roper, I., G.C. Feldman, C.F.E. Roper, B. Brennan, D. Tracey, S. O'Shea & M.V. deGruy (18 February–27 March 1999). [http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/squid99.html In Search of Giant Squid: New Zealand - 1999: Expedition Journals] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205061750/http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/squid99.html |date=2007-02-05 }}. Smithsonian Natural History web home page. ([http://www.mnh.si.edu/natural_partners/squid4/DispatchFrame.html edited entries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221042752/http://www.mnh.si.edu/natural_partners/squid4/DispatchFrame.html |date=2015-12-21 }}) He graduated from Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1959.

Long associated with the National Museum of Natural History, he joined the Smithsonian Institution in 1966.Ellis, R. (1 November 2005). [http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/roper.html "35 Who Made a Difference: Clyde Roper"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227024228/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/roper.html |date=2012-12-27 }}. Smithsonian magazine.Anonymous (29 April 2013). [http://bernews.com/2013/04/clyde-ropers-quest-for-the-giant-squid/ Clyde Roper’s Quest For The Giant Squid]. Bernews.

He was featured in an episode of Errol Morris' TV series First Person (Season 1, Episode 7).

Roper has two adult children and five grandchildren.

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