Carl Ethan Akeley was an American naturalist and explorer who developed the taxidermic method for mounting museum displays to show animals in their natural surroundings. He mounted the skeleton of the famous African elephant Jumbo.
In the 1920's Akeley made a large specimen collection that became part of the American Museum's famous African mammal hall. link
This is his story “authorized, approved and sponsered by the American Museum of Natural History”, produced by EC Comics in 1946!
