Photographs, 1851-1919 (inclusive)

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Series: Museum of Comparative Zoology--Biodiversity Heritage Library digitization project

By

Brewster, William, 1851-1919

Gilbert, Robert Alexander, 1870-1942

Type

Collection

Material

Archival material

Publication info

Notes

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.

Includes portraits of Brewster, his family and friends, views of his Brattle Street household, bird habitats and Lake Umbagog, Maine, and of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. Many photographs were taken by Brewster's associate, Robert Alexander Gilbert.

Subjects

1851-1919 , Brewster, William, , Ornithologists , Ornithology , Photographs

BHL Collections

William Brewster Papers

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 778212447