Bradford Torrey
Bradford Torrey (9 October 1843 in Weymouth, Massachusetts – 7 October 1912[1]) was a United States ornithologist.
Biography
He was educated in the public schools of Weymouth, taught for two years, and subsequently engaged in business in Boston. In 1886, he became an assistant editor of the Youth's Companion. He was also a frequent contributor to periodicals. Torrey devoted much time to the study of birds, their habits, peculiarities, and domestic traits. He wrote numerous papers on this subject, and published Birds in the Bush (Boston, 1885).
Notes
- ↑ "Subjects of Biographies". Dictionary of American Biography. Comprehensive Index. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1990.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1889). "Torrey, Bradford". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
Further reading
- O'Donnell, Kevin E. (2008). "Bradford Torrey". In Daniel Patterson; et al. Early American Nature Writers. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.
External links
- Works by Bradford Torrey at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Bradford Torrey at Internet Archive
- Works by Bradford Torrey at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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