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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.
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.
Jun 3, 2019 · Since his boyhood on the then-rural shore of Manhattan Island, George Bird Grinnell had wanted to be an explorer, another John James Audubon, whose estate his father had purchased in 1856. He was not so fortunate as to meet the renowned bird-stalker and portraitist, but from Audubon's widow and sons he received a strong draft of the man's ...
Jun 10, 2021 · George Bird Grinnell, not to be confused with Joseph Grinnell (a distant relative, editor of The Condor, and first director of Berkeley’s Museum of Vertebrate Zoology), was born when Manhattan Island was woods and streams filled with wildlife.
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
Jul 23, 2019 · Yet few but-for-the-grace-of-God tales can match that of George Bird Grinnell, who in 1876 received a telegram from Gen. George Armstrong Custer inviting him to join an expedition against...
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More than anyone, George Bird Grinnell influenced, directed, and solidified the conservation movement during its early years. He also orchestrated the activity of many other conservation leaders, some of whom will be topics of future biographies.
