Correspondence, 1847-1894 (bulk 1865-1894).

Brewster, William, 1851-1919

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William Brewster (1851-1919) was a renowned American amateur ornithologist, first president of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, and a president of the American Ornithologists' Union. He was an avid collector of birds and their nests and eggs, and collected over forty thousand specimens from 1861 until his death in 1919. His collection, bequeathed to the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, is considered one of the finest private collections of North American birds ever assemble...

American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology

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The Department of Ornithology, sits within the Division of Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History. It maintains one of the largest collections of bird specimens in the world. The research collections of the Department number nearly one million specimens; these include skins, skeletons, alcoholic preparations, eggs, nests, and tissue samples for molecular biochemical studies. A large number of type specimens and rare or extinct species are also found in its collections. The specime...

Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887

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At only 27, the ornithologist Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887) was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, a precocious appointment that suited a precocious scientist. Born into a well to do family in Reading, Pa., and raised in Carlisle, Baird acquired an interest in natural history even prior to enrolling at Dickinson College at age 13. Although he was not an outstanding student, he was unusually committed to his course in life, keeping meticulous notes of ...

Cooper, J. G. (James Graham), 1830-1902

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Born and educated in New York City, James G. Cooper (1830-1902) was a naturalist and physician with Isaac Stevens' Pacific Railroad Survey expedition of 1853. One of the first to collect specimens in the Pacific Coast regions, he became an expert on the geological, biological, and zoological aspects of that area. He published material on the natural history of California and Oregon and wrote a chapter on zoology for Natural Wealth of California, edited by T. F. Cronise. After traveling extensive...

Wells, John Grant.

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Sumichrast, François, 1828-1882.

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Ober, Frederick A. (Frederick Albion), 1849-1913

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Ornithologist, explorer, lecturer and author. From the description of Frederick Albion Ober letters [manuscript], 1890-1892. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 176633557 Travel writer, novelist, naturalist, biographer, historian. In 1871, after the early death of his first wife, Ober abandoned his business and went on a major expedition to Florida to explore Lake Okeechobee, writing a series of vivid journal articles. During the last decad...

Brewer, T. M. (Thomas Mayo), 1814-1880

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Sclater, Philip Lutley, 1829-1913

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Epithet: FRS, Sec Zoological Society of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0001eb ...

Gurney, J. H. (John Henry), 1848-1922

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Epithet: of Keswick Hall, county Norfolk British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001189.0x00032a ...

Sennett, George B. (George Burritt), 1840-1900

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Ornithologist. From the description of George B. Sennett autograph letter signed, 1881 Nov. 9. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 271676249 George Burritt Sennett was an ornithologist, and a naturalist. He did most of his work between ca. 1873 and 1900. From the description of George Burritt Sennett papers, 1885-1899. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64072604 George Burritt Sennett was an ornithologist, and a natural...

Giraud, J. P. (Jacob Post), 1811-1870

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Audubon, Maria Rebecca, 1843-1925

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Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1921

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Dutcher, William, 1846-1920

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Dutcher was the first president of the National Association of Audubon Societies and was chairman of the American Ornithologists' Union Bird Protection Committee. From the description of Diary, 1900-1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155507180 ...

Salvin, Osbert, 1835-1898

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British naturalist who made several trips to Central America including one in 1860-1861. From the description of Views of Maya ruins at Copán in Honduras. 1862-1863. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 406997321 ...

Chodes, Ralph J.

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Gould, John, 1804-1881

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By the time of his death in 1881, John Gould was the most acclaimed publisher of illustrated orinthology in Europe. Hummingbirds were his favorite species. To capture on paper the bright iridescent color of the plumage, Gould developed a special forumla of oils and color over gold leaf. From the description of Phaethornis philippi (Philippi's hermit) print. (College of Charleston). WorldCat record id: 166261106 Gould was an ornithologist. From the description of ...

Gundlach, Johannes Christoph, 1810-1896

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Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930

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Henry Wetherbee Henshaw (1850-1930) was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 3, 1850. Henshaw wanted to go to Harvard, but due to his health he was unable to go. He was invited to go on a voyage to the southern coast of Louisiana. That was where he began his career as a naturalist. He traveled to many places and became particularly interested in birds. He collected many unknown bird species in Arizona and made valuable observations. In 1880, he worked as an ethnologist at the Bureau of Ame...

Gaumer, George F., d. 1929.

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Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921

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Ornithologist, Curator in the Dept. of Mammalogy and Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History. From the description of Correspondence, 1870-1920, 1899-1903 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155513490 Ornithologist at the American Museum of Natural History. From the description of Correspondence, 1868-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155510520 Canadian geologist Robert Bell directed the Geological Survey of Canada from 1901-1906. ...

Boucard, Adolphe, 1839-1905

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Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929

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Ornithologist; curator of birds at the U.S. National Museum. From the description of ALS : Washington, D.C., to Thomas G. Gentry, 1876 Mar. 30. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122580979 Robert Ridgway (1850-1929) was an ornithologist who collected bird specimens in Costa Rica in 1908. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_721_pid_EACP718 American ornithologist. From the descripti...

Lawrence, George N. (George Newbold), 1806-1895

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Ornithologist. From the description of George N. Lawrence collection of ornithological correspondence, 1865-1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155485273 George Newbold Lawrence was an ornithologist and wholesale druggist. He was one of the founders of the American Ornithologists' Union and of the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York. From the description of Papers, ca. 1860s-1870s. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122316346 ...

Gurney, John Henry 1819-1890

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Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899

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American naturalist. From the description of ALS, 1874 Aug. 25, Rocky Mountains, lat. 40° N [Montana], to Thomas George Gentry. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122617038 William Clark requested that Nicholas Biddle, scholar, statesman, and financier, write a narrative of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which was published in 1814 as "History of the Expedition of Captains Lewis and Clark." From the guide to the Nicholas Biddle correspondence,...

Finsch, O. (Otto), 1839-1917

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