Victor Ernest Shelford

Victor Ernest Shelford
Shelford in 1913
BornSeptember 22, 1877
DiedDecember 27, 1968 (1968-12-28) (aged 91)
Alma materUniversity of Chicago, West Virginia University
Known forecology, Ecological succession
Scientific career
Fieldszoology
ecology
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois

Victor Ernest Shelford (September 22, 1877 – December 27, 1968) was an American zoologist and animal ecologist who helped to establish ecology as a distinct field of study.[1] He was the first president of the Ecological Society of America in 1915, and helped found the Nature Conservancy in the 1940s. Shelford's early visits to and study of Volo Bog in Northern Illinois helped establish its ecological significance.[2] Volo Bog became the first purchase of the Illinois Nature Conservancy.[2]

  1. ^ Smith, Charles H. "Chrono-Biographical Sketch: Victor E. Shelford". Some Biogeographers, Evolutionists and Ecologists. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b Smith, S. & Mark, S. (2009). The Historical Roots of the Nature Conservancy in the Northwest Indiana/Chicagoland Region: From Science to Preservation. The South Shore Journal, 3.