Background
Howell, Arthur Holmes was born on May 3, 1872 in Lake Grove, New York, United States. Son of Elbert Richard and Anne Judson (Holmes) Howell.
Howell, Arthur Holmes was born on May 3, 1872 in Lake Grove, New York, United States. Son of Elbert Richard and Anne Judson (Holmes) Howell.
Educated public schools, Brooklyn, New New York
By 1895 he accompanied Vernon Bailey as field assistant during surveys in Montana, Idaho, Washingtona, and Oregon. Howell described several mammals and birds, including the gray bat, the Cape Sable seaside sparrow, and the red-tailed chipmunk. In 1898 he visited Great Gull Island and confirmed the extinction of the Gull Island vole.
Howell published 118 works, including Birds of Arkansas (1911), Birds of Alabama (1924), and Florida bird life (1932).
In 1889 Howell became a member of the American Ornithologists" Union.
Married Grace Bowen Johnson, June 20, 1900. Children: Ruth Alden (Mistress East. East. Stansbury), Elizabeth Carolyn, Elbert Jerome.