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Nov 19, 2018 · “While John Muir—the famed American naturalist—was arguing for the preservation of natural habitats, such as the Yosemite National Park that was established in 1890, Hornaday recognized that the threat of extinction faced by species such as the bison was far more imminent” (Andrei, p. 112).
Jan 12, 2015 · William Temple Hornaday (1854-1937) was a hunter, taxidermist, zoo director, and founder of the American conservation movement. Meet the Scientist: William Temple Hornaday...
Dr. Hornaday was the President of a conservation group called the Campfire Club in 1905 as well as the President of the American Bison Society from 1907-10. He was also the President of the U.S. Junior Naval Reserve in 1916 and was a published poet as well as a songwriter.
William Temple Hornaday (1854-1937) was a hunter, taxidermist, zoo director, and founder of the American conservation movement. After serving as a taxidermist at Iowa State Agricultural College and Ward's Natural Science Establishment in Rochester, New York, Hornaday undertook a series of scientific expeditions to Florida, Cuba, the Bahamas ...
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Dec 1, 2014 · William Temple Hornaday lived up to his self-description as a “most defiant devil.”. A driven, cantankerous, and deeply racist world traveler, Hornaday was also a self-made man and a learned lover of nature, with a politics and personality derived from a combustible mix of elitist and populist inclinations.
William Temple Hornaday, Sc.D. (December 1, 1854 – March 6, 1937) was an American zoologist, conservationist, taxidermist, and author. He served as the first director of the New York Zoological Park, known today as the Bronx Zoo, and he was a pioneer in the early wildlife conservation movement in the United States.
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Born in Indiana in 1854, Hornaday grew up exploring the forests and fields around him, and when he was orphaned as a teenager, he found comfort in watching wild animals. In college he...
