Edward Alexander Preble

Ernest Thompson Seton and Edward Alexander Preble leaving Athabaska Landing, May 17, 1907.

Edward Alexander Preble (June 11, 1871 – October 4, 1957) was an American naturalist and conservationist. Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, he is noted for work in studying birds and mammals of the Pacific Northwest. He also acted as an editor for nature magazines.[1]

In 1908, Preble published a report on the natural history of the Boreal forest of Canada. This monograph was based his two expeditions, in 1901 and again in 1903–04, with the U.S. Biological Survey.[2]

In 1925, Preble became a Consulting Naturalist for Nature.[3] When he retired from government service, in 1935, he became one of the journal's Associate Editors—a position he held until his death on October 4, 1957.

The standard author abbreviation Preble is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]
  1. ^ Edward Alexander Preble's papers at the Smithsonian Institution
  2. ^ Edward Alexander Preble (1908). "A Biological Investigation of the Athabaska-Mackenzie Region". North American Fauna. 27. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: 1–574. doi:10.3996/nafa.27.0001. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference snaccooperativePrebleBio was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Preble.