William Brewster, 1851-1919 



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from its organization in 1883, was a member of its council, always intimately 

 concerned in its proceedings. 



Brewster's museum was the home of the Nuttall Club, and its meetings 

 about the great open lire in the bird-room were a privilege of Cambridge bird- 

 men which they will now value at its real worth. Brewster was president of 

 the club, and, by virtue of his attainments, leader of the group; through these 

 pleasant, informal gatherings he exercised a deep influence on the studies of 



WILLIAM liRKUSTKR IN MIL \|(iL\l\l\- ii| lkl\lh\l',l: W 1 

 Photographed by !• . M. Ch:i[)man, April 7. iSq4 



his associates. To most of them, indeed, he had been a kind of ornithological 

 godfather to whom they never appealed in vain for advice or information. 



Brewster was at his best with boys, for whom the bird world was ojxMiing, 

 treating them with the kindly considerateness which characterized his dealings 

 with others. Their little problems received the same attention he gave to the 

 larger ones of older men, and the youthful seeker for information left him with 

 a feeling that he had found a friend as well as a preceptor. 



In the campaign for the protection of North American ijirds, Brewster 

 served in many important i)osts. He was a member of the Committee on Bird 



