Background
Ingersoll, Ernest was born on March 13, 1852 in Monroe, Michigan, United States. Son of Doctor T. Dwight and Eliza (Parkinson) Ingersoll.
Ingersoll, Ernest was born on March 13, 1852 in Monroe, Michigan, United States. Son of Doctor T. Dwight and Eliza (Parkinson) Ingersoll.
Educated Oberlin College and Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoölogy.
Formerly connected with Hayden survey and United States Fish Commission. Later at Montreal as editor Canadian Pacific Railway publications. Lecturer zoölogy, University of Chicago.
Co-editor Standard Dictionary, New International Cyclopedia, Cyclopedia Americana, and other reference books. Author: Oyster Industries, 10th Census. Friends Worth Knowing, last edit., 1901.
Country Cousins; Knocking ‘Round the Rockies. Crest of the Continent. Canadian Guide-Book, Part II.
Down East Latch Strings, 1885. The Book of the Ocean, 1898. Nature’s Calendar, 1900.
Wild Life of Orchard and Field, 1902. The Life of Animals—the Mammals, 1906. Wit of the Wild, 1906.
Birds in Legend, Fable and Folklore, 1923. Dragons and Dragon Lore, 1928. Also The Ice Queen, An Island in the Air, and other juvenile novels.
Conducted 1899-1838, department of educational natural history in weekly edit. of Montreal Star. Retired, 1938.
Member New York Zoöl. Society and other scientific associations. Club: Explorers.
Married Mary Scofield (died 1921).; married second, Frances L. Buchanan (died 1929). Children: Helen, Geoffrey (deceased).