Edward Royal Warren (1860–1942) was an American naturalist and engineer.

Biography

Warren was born in 1860 in Waltham,

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

where attended

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

from which he got his bachelor's degree in 1881. He got his second bachelor's degree in 1883 from the Colorado College where by 1902 he became full-time naturalist. He was recognised in 1909 for his contributions to

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...

natural history and was made an honorary director of the

Colorado College Museum Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...

. After it he wrote many books; one ''Mammals of Colorado'' was published in 1910, the other ''The Beaver: Its Work and Its Ways'' came out in 1927. He died in 1942.

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* 1860 births 1942 deaths American engineers Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni {{US-engineer-stub