Background
Loring, John Alden was born on March 6, 1871 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Son of Lieutenant Benjamin William and Nellie (Cohoon) Loring.
Loring, John Alden was born on March 6, 1871 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Son of Lieutenant Benjamin William and Nellie (Cohoon) Loring.
Educated Owego Free Academy, zoöl. gardens, Europe, 1 year. Unmarried. Field naturalist United States Biological Survey, 1892-1897. Curator of animals New York Zoöl.
Park, 1897-1901.
Field naturalist in Europe for United States National Museum, during which time broke all previous records for field work by collecting and preserving the skins of 913 mammals and birds in 63 days. Field naturalist Smithsonian-Roosevelt scientific expedition to Africa, 1909-1910. First Lieutenant Ordnance Department, United States Army, World War.
Member American Ornithologists’ Union, Biological Society Washington, Camp Fire.