Hornaday, William T. (William Temple), 1854-1937

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Wild animal collector, conservationist, and taxidermist; curator of living animals for the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park (1882-1890), and director of the New York Zoological Park (1896-1926).

From the description of Notes and correspondence of William Temple Hornaday, 1878-1934. (Smithsonian Institution Libraries). WorldCat record id: 51557581

First Director of the New York Zoological Park.

From the description of Photographic collection, [ca. 1902-1920]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155517813

Conservationist, zoologist, and taxidermist.

From the description of Papers of William Temple Hornaday, 1866-1975 (bulk 1906-1936). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131271

Biographical Note

1854, Dec. 1 Born, Plainfield, Ind. 1870 Attended Oskaloosa College, Oskaloosa, Iowa 1872 Attended Iowa State Agricultural College, Ames, Iowa 1873 Began work at Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Rochester, N.Y. 1874 Zoological expedition to Florida, Cuba, and the Bahamas 1876 Zoological expedition to South America 1877 1879 Zoological expedition to India, Ceylon, Malay Peninsula, and Borneo 1879 Married Josephine Chamberlain 1882 1890 Chief taxidermist, United States National Museum, Washington, D.C. 1885 Published Two years in the Jungle. New York: C. Scribner's Sons 1887 Published Free Rum on the Congo. Chicago: Women's Temperance Publication Association 1888 Instrumental in establishment of a Department of Living Animals, United States National Museum, Washington, D.C. 1889 Published The Extermination of the American Bison. Washington, D.C. 1890 Resigned position at United States National Museum over controversy about plans for a National Zoological Park 1890 1896 Engaged in real estate business, Buffalo, N.Y. 1891 Published Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting. New York: C. Scribner's Sons 1896 Published The Man Who Became a Savage. Buffalo, N.Y.: P. Paul Book Co. 1896 1926 Director, New York Zoological Park, Bronx Zoo, New York., N.Y. 1899 Published Popular Official Guide to the New York Zoological Park. New York: New York Zoological Society 1904 Published The American Natural History. New York: C. Scribner's Sons 1905 President, Camp Fire Club of America 1906 Published Camp-Fires in the Canadian Rockies. New York: C. Scribner's Sons 1907 1910 President, American Bison Society 1908 Published Camp-Fires on Desert and Lava. New York: C. Scribner's Sons 1913 Supported the Bayne Law to prohibit sale of native game and provision of 1913 tariff to prohibit importation of wild bird plumage for millinery purposes Published Our Vanishing Wild Life. New York: C. Scribner's Sons 1913 1914 Helped to establish Permanent Wild Life Protection Fund 1914 Published Wild Life Conservation in Theory and Practice. New Haven: Yale University Press 1917 Member, Board of Trustees of American Defense Society Published A Searchlight on Germany. New York: American Defense Society 1918 Published Awake! America. New York: Moffat, Yard and Co. 1919 Published Old-Fashioned Verses. New York: Clark and Fritts 1922 Published The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals. New York: C. Scribner's Sons 1924 Published Tales from Nature's Wonderlands. New York, London: C. Scribner's Sons 1928 Published The French War Debt and America's Duty. Stamford, Conn.: W. T. Hornaday Published Wild Animal Interviews. New York, London: C. Scribner's Sons 1931 Published Thirty Years War for Wild Life. Stamford, Conn.: Permanent Wild Life Protection Fund 1937, Mar. 6 Died, Stamford, Conn. From the guide to the William T. Hornaday Papers, 1866-1975, (bulk 1906-1936), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects

Birds

Birds, Protection of

Bison

Conservation of natural resources

Conservation of natural resources

Debts, Public

Ecology

Feather

Fur-bearing animals

Game and game-birds

Millinery

Mountain sheep

National Museum

Natural history

Real property

Real property

Scientific expeditions

Seals (Animals)

Taxidermy

World War, 1914-1918

Wild animal collecting

Wildlife conservation

Wildlife conservation

Wildlife conservation

Wildlife conservation

Wildlife research

World War, 1939-1945

Zoological specimens

Zoology

Zoology

Zoos

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Americans

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Conservationists

Taxidermists

Zoologists

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France

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New York (State)--Buffalo

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Rocky Mountains

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New York Zoological Park

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Northwest, Pacific

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Borneo

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New York Zoological Park.

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Alaska

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New York (State)--Buffalo

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