Nuttall Ornithological Club

Nuttall Ornithological Club
Formation 1873
Type Nonprofit organization
Purpose Ornithology
Bird Conservation
Location
  • Cambridge, MA
Affiliations American Ornithologists' Union
Harvard University
Website www.nutallclub.org

The Nuttall Ornithological Club is the oldest ornithology organization in United States.[1][2]

History

It was cofounded by William Brewster and his lifelong friend, the sculptor Daniel C. French, in 1873. It was named after the botanist and zoologist Thomas Nuttall[1][3][4] who published the first field guide for North American birds, Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and of Canada (1832).

Notable Members

Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, was a member of the club,[5] one of only a few presidents who published papers in peer reviewed scientific journals.[6] Roger Tory Peterson, author of the Peterson field guides.[1]

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dean, Cornelia (November 28, 2011). "A Venerable Birding Club, at an Epicenter of All Things Feathered". The New York Times.
  2. 1 2 "A History of the Club". Nuttall Ornithological Club.
  3. ↑ Emmet, Alan (November–December 2007). "William Brewster - Brief life of a bird-lover: 1851-1919". Harvard Magazine.
  4. ↑ Novak, Donna (June 30, 2005). "IF YOU HAVE BIRDS ON THE BRAIN". The Boston Globe via HighBeam Research. ... William Brewster, cofounder of the Nuttall Ornithological Club in 1873, which spawned all of the nation's birding associations. (subscription required)
  5. ↑ Mayer, Greg (29 November 2011). "Nuttall Club in the New York Times". Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  6. ↑ Roosevelt, Theodore (1911), "Revealing and concealing coloration in birds and mammals", Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 30: 120–221


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