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10 de jun. de 2021 · Mired as we are in many conservation and preservation issues, it can be good to know how it all started. George Bird Grinnell is that reminder. Born in New York in 1849 and dying there in 1938, he straddled the age of the closing of the western frontier and the beginning of the age of now: no frontier, easy travel, and recreational hunting.
9 de jun. de 2020 · Into that maelstrom rode young George Bird Grinnell. A scientist and a journalist, a hunter and a conservationist, Grinnell would lead the battle to save the buffalo from extinction. Fighting in the pages of magazines, in Washington's halls of power, and in the frozen valleys of Yellowstone, Grinnell and his allies sought to preserve an icon from the grinding appetite of Robber Baron America.
Biographical / Historical. George Bird Grinnell was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 20, 1849. He received his B.A. degree from Yale University in 1870 and did graduate work there under O. C. Marsh, receiving his Ph.D. in 1880. From 1876 until 1911 Grinnell was associated with "Forest and Stream" magazine, becoming editor-in-chief in 1880.
George Bird Grinnell was not from the Great Plains—he was born into a wealthy family in Brooklyn, New York, on September 20, 1849– but his studies of Plains Indians, and especially his role in the preservation of their histories, are fundamental to the region's legacy. A mediocre student, Grinnell nevertheless graduated from Yale in 1870.
Although George Bird Grinnell — considered by many now and during his own era “the father of American conservation” — was not a member of OWAA, he probably should be acknowledged as it patron saint. By the time OWAA was founded in 1927, Grinnell was nearly 80 years old.
Hace 6 días · 1849-1938. George Bird Grinnell. The aptly named George Bird Grinnell developed an early and abiding love for birds. As a boy, he attended school in John James Audubon's mansion in Assigning, New ...
Grinnell died April 11, 1938, his last years spent in a wheelchair as a cardiac invalid. More than anyone, George Bird Grinnell influenced, directed, and solidified the conservation movement during its early years. He also orchestrated the activity of many other conservation leaders, some of whom will be topics of future biographies.
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