Charles Almanzo Babcock

Charles Almanzo Babcock
Born1847 (1847)
Died1922 (aged 74–75)
Occupation(s)educator, superintendent of schools in Oil City, Pennsylvania
Known forfounder of Bird Day
SpouseEmma Whitcomb Babcock

Charles Almanzo Babcock (1847–1922[1]) was a late-nineteenth-century superintendent of schools in Oil City, Pennsylvania.[2][3] He is credited[3] with launching Bird Day, a day to celebrate birds in American schools, on May 4. The first Bird Day was celebrated in Oil City schools in 1894,[4] and by 1901 the practice was well established.[5] His wife was the author Emma Whitcomb Babcock.

  1. ^ "Charles A Babcock (1847-1922)". Find A Grave. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  2. ^ Doughty, Robin W. (1983) Wildlife and Man in Texas Texas A & M University Press, College Station, p. 174 ISBN 0-89096-154-9
  3. ^ a b Armitage, Kevin C. (2007) "Bird Day for Kids: Progressive Conservation in Theory and Practice" Environmental History 12(3): pp. 528–551
  4. ^ "The First Bird Day: May 4, 1894" America's Story from America's Libraries Archived January 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Bird Day for Children: Eight States Have One and New York Educators Want It" New York Times 21 April 1901