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Winfrid Alden Stearns
Winfrid Alden Stearns (13 July 1852 – 10 May 1909) was an American naturalist, specimen collector, and writer who took an interest in the birds of Labrador and also wrote on the birds of New England. Stearns was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Rev. William Augustus Stearns (1805-1876) and his first wife Rebecca Alden Frazer (1803-1855). He studied at Amherst College where his father was president from 1854 to 1876. He graduated in 1876, taking part in university activities as the manager of the Salem Press and working with the Massachusetts State Agricultural College and serving as curator of its agricultural museum. He also worked for F. W. Putnam and Co publishers in 1879. Stearns took an interest in natural history from an early age, collecting birds eggs as a boy. He obtained some income from selling specimens to natural history museums, corresponded with Spencer Fullerton Baird, and later became a member of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. He joined a trip of the Amherst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winfrid Alden Stearns
Winfrid Alden Stearns (13 July 1852 – 10 May 1909) was an American naturalist, specimen collector, and writer who took an interest in the birds of Labrador and also wrote on the birds of New England. Stearns was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Rev. William Augustus Stearns (1805-1876) and his first wife Rebecca Alden Frazer (1803-1855). He studied at Amherst College where his father was president from 1854 to 1876. He graduated in 1876, taking part in university activities as the manager of the Salem Press and working with the Massachusetts State Agricultural College and serving as curator of its agricultural museum. He also worked for F. W. Putnam and Co publishers in 1879. Stearns took an interest in natural history from an early age, collecting birds eggs as a boy. He obtained some income from selling specimens to natural history museums, corresponded with Spencer Fullerton Baird, and later became a member of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. He joined a trip of the Amherst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
