Background
Grinnell, George Bird was born on September 20, 1849 in Brooklyn. Son of George Blake and Helen (Lansing) Grinnell.
Grinnell, George Bird was born on September 20, 1849 in Brooklyn. Son of George Blake and Helen (Lansing) Grinnell.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1870, Doctor of Philosophy, 1880, Doctor of Letters, 1921.
Six months in unmapped West, 1870. In business in New York, 1871-1874. Assistant in osteology, Peabody Museum, Yale, 1874-1880.
Naturalist with General Custer’s expedition to Black Hills, 1874, and with Colonel William Ludlow’s reconnaissance to Yellowstone Park, 1875. An editor Forest and Stream, 1876-1911. President Forest and Stream Public Company, 1880-1911, Bosworth Machine Company, since 1887, director, 1886.
Member of Harriman Alaska Expedition, 1899.
Member of Harriman Alaska Expedition, 1899. Member board of trustees, New York Zoölogical Society. Member advisory board Federal Migratory Bird Law.
Fellow of American Ornithologists Union.
Married Elizabeth Curtis Williams, August 21, 1902.