Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938

LC control no.	n 50031664
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PS1764.G774
Personal name heading	Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Grinnell, Bird, 1849-1938
Birth date	1849-09-20
Death date	1938-04-11
Place of birth	Brooklyn (N.Y.)
Affiliation	Yale University
Profession or occupation	Anthropologists Historians Naturalists Conservationists Authors
Found in	Pawnee hero stories and folk-tales, 1889: t.p. (George Bird Grinnell) LC in OCLC, Dec. 21, 2002 (hdg.: Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938) Wikipedia, July 14, 2015 (George Bird Grinnell (September 20, 1849-April 11, 1938); American anthropologist, historian, naturalist, and writer; born in Brooklyn, New York; graduated from Yale University; originally specializing in zoology, he became a prominent early conservationist and student of Native American life. Grinnell has been recognized for his influence on public opinion and work on legislation to preserve the American buffalo) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bird_Grinnell> The father of Glacier National Park, 2020: t.p. (George Bird Grinnell) page 9, etc. (preferred the name "Bird Grinnell"; signed his name "Geo. Bird Grinnell"; eulogized by the New York Times as "the father of American conservation"; co-founded the Boone and Crockett club with Theodore Roosevelt; founded the first Audubon Society; contributor and later owner of "Forest and Stream" sportsmen's weekly journal; his efforts to preserve the natural area around a glacier in Montana resulted in the creation of Glacier National Park in 1910)
Associated language	eng