Brewster, William, 1851-1919

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Brewster, William, 1851-1919

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Brewster, William, 1851-1919

Brewster, William (ornithologist)

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Brewster, William, Dr.

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William Brewster

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1851-07-05

1851-07-05

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Ornithologist. Graduated from Cambridge High School in 1869. Conducted ornithological expeditions to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Colorado, West Virginia and North Carolina mountains, South Carolina and Georgia lowlands, Florida and to Trinidad. Curator of mammals and birds, Boston Society of Natural History, from 1880 to 1887. Curator of mammals and birds, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard, from 1885 to 1900. For additional biographical information see: Bird-Lore (1919) 21, pp. 277-286.

From the description of Photographs, 1851-1919 (inclusive) (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 778212447 From the description of Journals, 1871-1919 (inclusive) (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 778211904 From the description of Notebooks, 1883-1910 (bulk) (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 778211948 From the description of Lake Umbagog journals, 1871-1916 (inclusive) (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 778211915 From the description of Papers, 1865-1919 (inclusive) 1875-1919 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 181898158 From the description of Diaries of William Brewster, 1865-1919 (inclusive) (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 778211893 From the description of Papers, 1865-1919 (inclusive) 1875-1919 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 229469998

Professor of Ornithology.

A professor at Cambridge University, William Brewster led the first ornithological survey of the Suwannee River "our object being to make a thorough examination of the swamps in order to ascertain what birds are wintering ... in this mild season."

From the description of Papers, 1889-1899. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 50257336

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Birds

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Suwannee River (Ga. and Fla.)

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Umbagog, Lake (Me.)

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Maine

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Florida

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Umbagog, Lake (Me.)

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New England

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Massachusetts

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