Arlie W. Schorger

Arlie William Schorger (September 6, 1884 – May 26, 1972) was a chemical researcher and businessman who also did work in ornithology. His chemistry work of note largely involved wood and waterproofing. His only chemistry book was The chemistry of cellulose and wood, but he had 34 patents.

Schorger was also active as an ornithologist. His first major work on ornithology appeared in 1929–1931. In 1951 he became a fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union, publishing The Passenger Pigeon: Its Natural History and Extinction (1955) and The Wild Turkey: Its History and Domestication (1966). He also did some work in mammalogy. In 1958 he won the Brewster Medal.