Charles Almanzo Babcock (1847 – 1922) was a late-nineteenth-century superintendent of schools in Oil City, Pennsylvania.Armitage, Kevin C. (2007) "Bird Day for Kids: Progressive Conservation in Theory and Practice" ''Environmental History'' 12(3): pp. 528–551
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schools, on May 4. The first Bird Day was celebrated in Oil City schools in 1894, and by 1901 the practice was well established."Bird Day for Children: Eight States Have One and New York Educators Want It" ''New York Times'' 21 April 1901
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Emma Whitcomb Babcock Emma Whitcomb Babcock (, Whitcomb; April 24, 1849 – 1926) was an American litterateur and author. She did considerable work as a book reviewer, and contributed to various leading magazines. She was the author of ''Household Hints'', a domest ...

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* * * C. A. Babcock at Wikisource. 1847 births 1922 deaths School superintendents in Pennsylvania People from Oil City, Pennsylvania {{US-writer-stub