Background
Cory, Charles Barney was born on January 31, 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Barney and Eliza A. B. Cory.
Cory, Charles Barney was born on January 31, 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Barney and Eliza A. B. Cory.
Educated Boston schools and Lawrence Scientific School (Harvard), 1879.
Honorary curator of ornithology, Boston Society Natural History until 1905. Honorary curator of ornithology, 1895-1906, professor and honorary curator department zoölogy, since 1906, Field Museum Natural History, Chicago. President American Ornithologists’ Union, 1904-1905.
Fellow Zoöl. and Linnean societies London.
Author: Catalogue of West Indian Birds. Hunting and Fishing in Florida.
The Birds of Eastern North America. How to Know the Shore Birds of North America.
How to Know the Ducks, Geese and Swans of North America.
The Birds of the West Indies. Key to the Water Birds of Florida. Hunting and Fishing in Florida.
Key to the Birds of Eastern North America.
The Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Home: Chicago, Illinois.
Married Harriet West. Peterson, May 29, 1883.