He was a disciple of the pioneering ethnomusicologist Alan P. Merriam.
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In 1968, Bell and a colleague, Martin S. Weinberg, began surveying nearly 1,000 gays in San Francisco to assess their mental health and to try to determine what, if anything, in their lives had influenced their sexual orientation.
He died while on a visit in Washington, D.C., on February 18, 1900; interment in Leyden Hill Cemetery, Port Leyden, New York.
Clinton L. Merriam (1824–1900), U.S. Representative from New York
In Idaho and Washington, he managed Native American tribes and was commended by his superiors for his success in gathering the Indians on reservations and opening land for white settlers.
Henry W. Merriam (1828–1900), American industrialist and shoe manufacturer
Homosexualities: A Study of Diversity Among Men and Women is a 1978 book about homosexuality by Alan P. Bell and Martin S. Weinberg.
Homosexuality: An Annotated Bibliography, by Alan P. Bell and Martin S. Weinberg, is a 1972 bibliography of literature on homosexuality.
Among the 87 fatalities were Polish singer Anna Jantar, American ethnomusicologist Alan P. Merriam, six Polish students returning home from an AIESEC conference in New York and a contingent of the amateur U.S. boxing team.