William Brewster (ornithologist)

William Brewster
BornJuly 5, 1851
Wakefield, MA
DiedJuly 11, 1919(1919-07-11) (aged 68)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Known forBird Migration, Birds of the Cape Regions of Lower California, Birds of the Cambridge Region of Massachusetts
Parents
  • John Brewster, banker (father)
  • Rebecca Parker (Noyes) (mother)
AwardsAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
Scientific career
FieldsOrnithologist, naturalist
InstitutionsMuseum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Author abbrev. (zoology)Brewster

William Brewster (July 5, 1851 – July 11, 1919) was an American ornithologist. He co-founded the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) and was an early naturalist and conservationist.[1]

  1. ^ "BREWSTER, William". The International Who's Who in the World. 1912. p. 174.