Henry Lonsdale Bird

Background

Bird, Henry Lonsdale was born on May 29, 1927 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Samuel Bancroft and Lonsdale (Miner) Bird.

Education

Bachelor in Biology, Princeton University, 1950. Master of Divinity, Episcopalian Divinity School, 1956.

Career

Teaching fellow in biology Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1950-1951. Faculty member Middlesex School, Concord, Massachusetts, 1952-1954, 69-71. Vicar St. Paul's Episcopalian Church, Bedford, 1956-1959.

Rector Episcopalian Parish, Vineyard Haven, 1959-1966. Biological Gulf of Maine Biolog. Supply, Brunswick, 1966-1968.

Priest trainer Navajoland, Farmington, New Mexico, 1972—1979. Vicar St. Paul's, Sacorro, 1979—1985. Urban Indian Missioner Diocese of Rio Grande Albuquerque, 1985—1987.

Vicar Downeast Episcopalian Cluster, Blue Hill, Maine, 1987-1989. Priest Episcopalian Church, Richmond, 1989-1995. Member committee on Indian Relations Diocese of Maine, Portland, since 1992.

Water monitor Friends of Casco Bay, South Portland, Maine, since 1990. Volunteer Harpswell (Maine) Islands School, since 1990. Teacher Upward Bound, Bowdoin College, 167-72.

Director Upward Bound, University Maine, Orono, 1968-1969. Marine resources committee Harpswell, appeals board.

Achievements

• Henry Lonsdale Bird has been listed as a noteworthy biologist, priest by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Alden Ocean Shell Association (board directors), Maine Rowing Association, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Rowing, photography, gardening, cooking, reading.

Connections

Married Hildegarde deVermandois Brewster, June 14, 1955. Children: William Brewster, Holloway Lonsdale, Thaddeus Bartholomew, Paul Barnabas, Anna Sara Love.

Father:

Samuel Bancroft Bird

Mother:

Lonsdale (Miner) Bird

Spouse:

Hildegarde deVermandois Brewster

child:

Thaddeus Bartholomew Bird

child:

Holloway Lonsdale Bird

child:

Paul Barnabas Bird

child:

Anna Sara Love Bird

child:

William Brewster Bird