Walter Bradford Barrows (January 10, 1855 - February 26, 1923) [1] was an American naturalist who wrote books about birds and published articles in scientific journals. [2] [3]
Walter Bradford Barrows (January 10, 1855 - February 26, 1923) [1] was an American naturalist who wrote books about birds and published articles in scientific journals. [2] [3]
After graduating from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1876, [4] Barrows was employed as a science instructor in Argentina and the United States at colleges and at Wesleyan University. He became a professor of zoology and biology at Michigan State Agricultural College in 1894 and worked there until his death. His major work was on the bird life of Michigan. [5]
Barrows' South American field work was detailed in The Birds of the Lower Uruguay published in the Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club and The Auk . In 1886, Barrows was appointed as an ornithologist in the Biological Survey section at the US Department of Agriculture, a position he held until 1894. His 1912 book, Michigan Bird Life is considered the most comprehensive ever written on the subject and held in 452 libraries. [6]
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