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George Bird Grinnell (September 20, 1849 – April 11, 1938) was an American anthropologist, historian, naturalist, and writer. Originally specializing in zoology, he became a prominent early conservationist and student of Native American life.
Jun 3, 2019 · From 1849, the year of his birth, to 1938, when his bones were buried in the family plot in the Bronx, George Bird Grinnell's life was a study in romanticism, evolution, and progressivism. It was the first of these that induced him and his fellow Yale University students to spend a summer out west with Professor Othniel Marsh.
Jul 22, 2019 · In John Taliaferro’s new fascinating biography, Grinnell: America’s Environmental Pioneer and His Drive to Save the West, his subject rises as a pathfinding historic connector between people with big enduring ideas and landscapes—many of which continue to evolve.
Although George Bird Grinnell — considered by many now and during his own era “the father of American conservation” — was not a member of OWAA, he probably should be acknowledged as it patron saint. By the time OWAA was founded in 1927, Grinnell was nearly 80 years old.
Jan 15, 2024 · The Girl Who Was the Ring is a Pawnee legend committed to writing by the anthropologist George Bird Grinnell (l. 1849-1938) in his work The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories (1901). The story highlights the Native American values of community, teamwork, and personal responsibility.
Jul 24, 2019 · Among his greatest feats of conservation, George Bird Grinnell helped block a plan to build a dam in Yellowstone National Park. Credit... Private collection, John F. Reiger
Jun 10, 2021 · George Bird Grinnell is that reminder. Born in New York in 1849 and dying there in 1938, he straddled the age of the closing of the western frontier and the beginning of the age of now: no frontier, easy travel, and recreational hunting.
