Birds In The Bush, Fifth Edition 1891

Torrey, Bradford, Inscribed To Charles W. Greene And Flora Hartley Greene From Burton Warren Evermann And Maudie Hawkins Evermann.

Edité par Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Ma, 1891

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300 Pp. + Ds At Rear. Brown Cloth Stamped In Gilt And Black. Early Reprint, First Published 1885. Some Wear With Fraying At Corners, Faint Dampstain Showing At Fore Edges Of First And Last Few Pages. Inscribed To Charles W. Greene And Flora Hartley Greene From Burton Warren Evermann And Maudie Hawkins Evermann. Charles Wilson Greene (1865-1947) E Completed His Ph.D In 1898 And Taught At Drpauw Normal And Preparatory Schools From 1889?1891, And At Stanford University Between 1891 And 1900, When He Became Professor Of Physiology And Pharmacology At The University Of Missouri. There, He Established The First Laboratory For Experimental Pharmacology In The Mississippi Valley. Flora Hartley Was A Prominent Home Economist. Burton Warren Evermann Received His Doctorate From Indiana University In 1891, And Then Later Also Received An Honorary Doctor Of Laws Degree From The University Of Utah. He Was A Professor At Indiana State University, Then A Lecturer At Stanford, Cornell, Yale, And Later Worked For The U.S. Government And Traveled Widely, Becoming The Chief Of Alaska Fisheries For Four Years And Fur Seal Commissioner After That. In The 1920S, He Moved To California To Become Director Of The Museum Of The California Academy Of Sciences (And Later Also Director Of The Steinhart Aquarium Of Golden Gate Park) Which He Held For The Rest Of His Life. Meadie Hawkins Evermann (1854-1929) Was The First Married Woman To Graduate From Indiana University With A Degree In Zoology/Biology. First Book By Bradford Torrey ( 1843 ? 1912), An American Ornithologist. Bradford Torrey Was Born In Weymouth, Massachusetts On October 9, 1843. He Was Educated In The Public Schools Of Weymouth, Taught For Two Years, And Subsequently Engaged In Business In Boston. In 1886, He Became An Assistant Editor Of The Youth's Companion. He Was Also A Frequent Contributor To Periodicals.Torrey Devoted Much Time To The Study Of Birds, Their Habits, Peculiarities, And Domestic Traits. He Died In Santa Barbara, California On October 7, 1912.

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• Titre: Birds In The Bush, Fifth Edition 1891
• Éditeur: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Ma
• Date de parution: 1891
• Langue: anglais
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Good