George Boardman

Background

Boardman was born in 1818 at Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Career

He then took up residence in Saint Stephen, New Brunswick where he was buried. He owned a lumber business for more than 30 years, after which he retired in 1871. He spend his winters in Florida, after he retired from his job, during which time he collected specimens of many kinds most of which were donated to the United States National Museum.

He died in 1901.

His contribution to ornithological literature was the About the Islands at the Mouth of the Bay of Fundy, and Catalogue of the Birds Foundation in the Vicinity of Calais, that was published in Maine, both of which appeared in the proceedings of Boston Society of Natural History in 1862. Boardman is important to history for his study of bird life in southwestern New Brunswick and the lower Bay of Fundy. he was described by another ornithologist from the area as “the most outstanding naturalist, bird student and collector ever produced by northeastern Maine or the Maritime Provinces of Canada.”.

Connections

Friend:

Spencer F. Baird