Sargent, William Dunlap, 1908-1965

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Birth 1908
Death 1965

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Illustrator, professor of limnology, ornithology.

William Dunlap Sargent, an authority on falconry, studied ornithology at Cornell University under Arthur A. Allen, graduating in 1931, receiving an M.S. in 1933 and a Ph.D. in 1936. He taught limnology and ecology at Cornell, 1932-1936, and taught limnology and ornithology at City College of New York. He also illustrated books on biology and was a bird artist.

From the description of Falconry papers, 1927-1965. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64073092

William Dunlap Sargent, an authority on falconry, studied ornithology at Cornell University under Arthur A. Allen, graduating in 1931, receiving an M.S. in 1933 and a Ph.D. in 1936. He taught limnology and ecology at Cornell, 1932-1936, and taught limnology, stream improvement, conservation, and ornithology at City College of New York. He also illustrated books on biology and was a bird artist.

1908 Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., May 15 1926 Graduated from the Lincoln School of Teacher's College Summer Staff Entomologist in the museum maintained by AMAH at Kanokwakke Lakes Scout Camp Entered Cornell University 1927 Summer Junior Nature Counselor, Camp Lincoln, Keeseville, N.Y. 1928 Entomology Museum at Kanokwakke Lakes Camp 1929 Summer Biological Survey of a trout stream for Tuscarora Club, Arena, N.Y. 1930 Summer member of West Virginia University Zoological Field Expedition under Dr. J.G. Needham 1931 B.S., Cornell 1930 1931 Biological Survey of Mashpee River for Mr. J.W. Farley, Boston, Mass. 1932 M.S., Cornell Summer Survey of North Hudson drainage, fish food unit 1932 1936 Instructor of Ecology and Limnology at Cornell 1936 Ph.D., Cornell, in Limnology 1937 1948 Biology Instructor at City College of N.Y. 1948 1961 Assistant Professor, C.C.N.Y. 1961 1965 Associate Professor, C.C.N.Y. 1965 Died

From the guide to the William Dunlap Sargent Falconry papers, 1927-1965, (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library)

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