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Henry Nehrling was born on May 9, 1853 in the town of Herman, near Howard's Grove, Wisconsin, United States. He was the son of Carl and Elizabeth (Ruge) Nehrling. His family on both sides was of German descent.
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horticulturist ornithologist scientist
Henry Nehrling was born on May 9, 1853 in the town of Herman, near Howard's Grove, Wisconsin, United States. He was the son of Carl and Elizabeth (Ruge) Nehrling. His family on both sides was of German descent.
Nehrling's early education was received from his mother and grandfather and he was later sent to a Lutheran parochial school situated several miles from his home. His daily walks to and from school through what was then primeval forest familiarized him with every aspect of nature and helped to develop the passionate love for the outdoors-- especially for birds and flowers--that was to characterize his entire life. From 1869 to 1873 he attended the State Normal School at Addison, Illinois, and upon graduation taught in various towns in Illinois, Missouri, and Texas.
In 1887 Nehrling accepted an appointment as deputy collector and inspector of customs at the port of Milwaukee, a position which he held until 1890 when he became secretary and custodian of the Public Museum of Milwaukee, a post much more to his liking. During his connection with the museum he made many important additions to the collections and laid the foundations for the future usefulness of the institution. Owing to politics, a factor with which he was unable to cope, he lost his position in 1903 after several years of service.
As early as 1884 Nehrling had bought a tract of land at Gotha, Florida, not far from Orlando. Thither he now repaired after a short association with the Philadelphia Commercial Museum.
Always a lover of flowers, he had become somewhat of a horticulturist and during his residence in Milwaukee had built a greenhouse and had interested himself in growing various tropical plants, an interest greatly stimulated by the horticultural exhibits at the Columbian Exposition at Chicago. He now set about more seriously and developed a notable botanic garden, devoting himself particularly to the breeding of the amaryllis and caladium of which he developed many new forms while he maintained a correspondence with horticulturists in all parts of the world.
In view of his outstanding knowledge of the subject he was appointed a collaborator of the Bureau of Plant Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture in 1906.
Unfortunately, like many another gifted scientist, he lacked business sense, and was constantly in financial difficulties, losing, in the end, his gardens and practically all of his other worldly possessions. Worry over his losses brought on the breakdown that resulted in his death.
His outstanding publication was his Die Nordamerikanische Vogelwelt, published in Germany. An English edition appeared simultaneously in America under the title: North American Birds (1889 - 93), later changed to Our Native Birds of Song and Beauty (2 vols. , 1893 - 97), illustrated with colored plates by German and American artists. This work was designed to fill the gap between the very expensive and the merely technical ornithological books. He also published many popular articles on North American birds in various journals and newspapers in Germany and America and an account of the birds of various parts of Texas, in the Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, an important volume entitled Die Amaryllis (1908).
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Nehrling was not primarily a scientist but rather a man of high literary attainments with a broad knowledge of birds and plants, an intense lover of the beautiful in nature with an ambition to impart that interest to others regardless of the cost to himself. In personality he was of a lovable and kindly disposition but with a child-like lack of business acumen.
Nehrling was married on July 20, 1874, to Sophia Schoff of Oak Park, Illinois, and had a family of seven children. After the death of his wife (1911), he married, June 7, 1916, Betty B. Mitchell.