Background
Baynes, Ernest Harold was born on May 1, 1868 in Calcutta, India. Son of John and Helen Augusta (Nowill) Baynes.
Baynes, Ernest Harold was born on May 1, 1868 in Calcutta, India. Son of John and Helen Augusta (Nowill) Baynes.
Educated College City of New York.
Reporter on New York Times, 1891-1892. Assistant to father (inventor of photographic modeling), 1893-1900. Writing and lecturing on natural history, since 1900.
Wrote series “Wild Life in the Blue Mountain Forest,” 1904, and other contributions to newspapers and magazines, etc.
Member Company K, 3d Connecticut Volumes, 1908. Honorary; member Hobby Post G.A.R., Stamford, Connecticut Toured Europe, Egypt and Palestine, 1919, as special correspondent Harper’s Magazine to get the story of the part played by animals in the Great War. Organized Meriden (N.H.) Bird.
Married Louise Birt O’Connell, April.