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having succeeded the late James Murchie. After his retirement 

 Mr. Boardman gave the greater part of his time to the study of 

 natural history, and especially to the fauna of Maine and New 

 Brunswick, and was considered an authority in everything per- 

 taining to ornithology. He possessed considerable literary ability, 

 and was a valued contributor to several periodicals. Mr. Board- 

 man's cheerful countenance and genial manner will be missed by 

 old and young, rich and poor, for he had a kind word for all. 



The Maine Sportsman, February, 1901 



Sportsmen and naturalists everywhere, acquainted with Mr. 

 George A. Boardman, of Calais, will keenly regret to learn of his 

 death which took place on the morning of January 11. In spite 

 of the fact that he was within two months of being eighty-three 

 years old, his mind was clear and active and he kept in close 

 touch with the progress of natural history study in New England 

 and particularly in Maine, in which he was greatly interested. 

 Mr. Boardman had a most genial disposition and, although the 

 writer met him but once, yet he carried away such pleasant 

 memories and anticipations of future meetings, that he feels as if 

 he, as well as the ornithologists of New England, had met with a 

 personal loss in the passing over of this kind, helpful, earnest 

 man. 



Minneapolis Journal, January 12, 1901 



George A. Boardman, one of the most learned naturalists in 

 the United States, died yesterday morning at his old home in 

 Calais, Me., at the advanced age of eighty-three years. He was 

 the father of County Attorney Fred H. Boardman and Mr. W. B. 

 Boardman of this city, and Mr. A. J. Boardman, now of Phil- 

 adelphia, but formerly a prominent Minneapolitan. The deceased 

 had been a successful business man and was interested in banks, 

 lumbering and other industries, as well as in shipping. He retired 

 from the active affairs with a competence in 1870 to occupy him- 

 self with his favorite studies and public matters. His natural 

 history museum is conceded to be the finest and largest private 

 collection in America. In the Zoological collection alone there 

 are 2,500 specimens mounted and in skin, with the young and eggs 



