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William Earl Dodge Scott

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in 1875. In 1897, he became curator of the department of ornithology at Princeton. Throughout these years he made several collecting trips across the country and in Jamaica in search of bird specimen for the university.
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to study natural history. While at Harvard, Scott befriended the young group of ornithologists, such as
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Scott was born to Moses Warren Scott and Juliet Ann Cornell. He was the grandson of notable surgeon
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to study natural history at the Anderson School, which was founded by the recently deceased
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The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. New York: James T. White & Co., 1906.
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The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. New York: James T. White & Co., 1906.
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After his schooling, Scott briefly headed West for a while, but ultimately returned to
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Brooklyn, New York
Saranac Lake, New York
Harvard University
Ornithology
natural history
Princeton University
ornithologist
Joseph Warren Scott
Cornell University
Harvard
Cambridge, Massachusetts
William Brewster
Henry Wetherbee Henshaw
Ruthven Deane
Daniel Chester French
Charles Johnson Maynard
Henry Augustus Purdie
Nuttall Ornithological Club
Penikese Island
Louis Agassiz
New York City
taxidermist
curator
Princeton University
Saranac Lake, New York
Categories
1852 births
1910 deaths
American ornithologists
American naturalists

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