• Wednesday, December 1, 2010, Alexander Wilson: Father of American Ornithology

  Drawing by Alexander Wilson, contributed by Linda Miller

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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

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On site and free.

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Alexander Wilson: Father of American Ornithology

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I am a volunteer in the cause of natural history impelled by nobler views than those of money. -Alexander Wilson, 1809

Before Audubon, there was Wilson. Learn about the origins of ornithology in America. In Alexander Wilson's short and intensely productive life, he recorded through drawings, prose, and poetry, his impressions of America's birds. His great work, American Ornithology, was published in nine volumes, from 1808-1814, and was a landmark work of early American natural history. He described most of the bird species found in the United States two hundred years ago with detailed field observations and charming illustration.

About the Speaker

Linda Miller is the Curator of the John & Peggy Maximus Gallery at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.