Background
James Cushing Merrill was born on March 26, 1853, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was the son of James Cushing and Jane (Hammond) Merrill and a descendant of Nathaniel Merrill, an early settler in Massachusetts.
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Notes On The Birds Of Fort Sherman, Idaho (1897)
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Notes on the Ornithology of Southern Texas: Being a List of Birds Observed in the Vicinity of Fort Brown, Texas, From February, 1876, to June, 1878 (Classic Reprint)
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James Cushing Merrill
Edit Profileornithologist Surgeon medician
Education
Following preliminary studies in his native town, Merrill spent some time in Dresden and other German schools. His medical education was obtained at the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated in 1874. His graduation thesis was entitled Anomalies of Human Osteology.
Career
In 1875, Merrill was appointed assistant surgeon in the United States Army and for the following twenty years, he served in posts in the West and Southwest. During this period he developed into one of the best-known naturalists of the country. He made extensive studies of the fauna of Texas, Oregon, Idaho, and what is now Oklahoma. He was primarily interested in birds, but he made collections of insects, mammals, and fishes, most of which he contributed to the collections of the National Museum. His "Notes on the Ornithology of Southern Texas, " published in the Proceedings of the United States National Museum, was the result of two years' observation of birds in and around Fort Brown, Texas. "Notes on the Birds of Fort Klamath, Oregon, " was published in the Auk, and "Notes on the Birds of Fort Sherman, Idaho, " in the same journal. In the meantime, Merrill had reached the grade of major and in 1897 he was named to succeed Col. David L. Huntington as librarian of the Library of the Surgeon-General in Washington. He occupied this position for five years, giving to medical bibliography the same enthusiasm that he had spent on nature study. He edited volumes III to VII of the second series of the Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office. Merrill was singularly well fitted for his work as a librarian. He read thirteen languages and was adding Russian at the time of his death. During this time, however, his health gradually broke down and he was a semi-invalid for a year or more before his death at his home in Washington.
Achievements
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Merrill was an active member of the American Ornithologists' Union, attended its first Congress in 1883, and for twenty years he was one of the leading American contributors to the literature of ornithology. He made many interesting contributions to Forest and Stream and other publications of a popular nature. He also wrote an article, "On the Habits of the Rocky Mountain Goat, " for the Proceedings of the National Museum for 1879.
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Notes on the Ornithology of Southern Texas: Being a List of Birds Observed in the Vicinity of Fort Brown, Texas, From February, 1876, to June, 1878 (Classic Reprint)
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Notes On The Birds Of Fort Klamath, Oregon: With Remarks On Certain Species
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Notes On The Birds Of Fort Sherman, Idaho (1897)
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Notes on the Ornithology of Southern Texas: Being a List of Birds Observed in the Vicinity of Fort Brown, Texas, From February, 1876, to June, 1878 (Classic Reprint)
Membership
a member of the American Ornithologists' Union
Personality
James was tall and slender, alert and active in the movement, and always scrupulously well dressed. To a distinguished appearance, he added an attractive personality which gave him a host of friends. In his western days, he developed into an ardent hunter of big game. In this connection, he formed a friendship with President Theodore Roosevelt, who speaks of Merrill's prowess in his Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches (1900).
Interests
Connections
Merrill was married to Ella F Johnson Merrill.
- Father:
- Gyles Merrill
- Mother:
- Eliza Watson Newbury Merrill
- Brother:
- Gyles Merrill, Jr
- Wife:
- Ella F Johnson Merrill
- Daughter:
- Ann W. G. Merrill Harris
13 March 1816 - 23 January 1894
26 January 1816 - 24 June 1890
6 October 1850 - 3 August 1889
11 October 1856 - 14 February 1923
13 August 1890 - 28 October 1912
