Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey

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Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey
Born August 8, 1863
Locust Grove, New York
Died September 22, 1948
Field Ornithology
Notable prizes Brewster Medal

Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey (August 8, 1863 - September 22, 1948) was an American ornithologist and nature writer. She was the younger sister of Clinton Hart Merriam.

She was born in Locust Grove, New York. She was the first female recipient of the Brewster Medal from the American Ornithologists' Union.

[edit] Works

  • Birds of Village and Field , cr 1898, pub. Houghton, Mifflin & Co, New York & Boston;
  • Birds Through An Opera Glass Riverside Library for Young People, pub. Houghton, Mifflin & Co, New York & Boston;
  • My Summer In A Mormon Village pub. Houghton, Mifflin & Co, New York & Boston;
  • Handbook of Birds of The Western United States , pub. Houghton, Mifflin & Co, New York & Boston.

[edit] Further reading

  • Kofalk, Harriet, No Woman Tenderfoot: Florence Merriam Bailey, Pioneer Naturalist, 1989, Texas A&M University Press ISBN 0890963789


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