Jonathan Dwight, American Doctor of Medicine ornithologist. Member 7th Regiment National Guard New York, 1889-1896; Fellow American Ornithologists’ Union, since 1886(was treasurer, later president), New York Academy Sciences.
Background
His father was civil engineer Jonathan Dwight (1831–1910), grandfather Jonathan Dwight (1799–1856), great grandfather Jonathan Dwight (1772–1840), and great-great grandfather also named Jonathan Dwight (1743–1831), all part of the large New England Dwight family. His mother was Julia Lawrence Hasbrouck.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1880. Doctor of Medicine College Physicians and Surgical (Columbia), 1893.
Career
Jonathan Dwight V (1858–1929) was an American ornithologist. In 1861 the family moved to Madison, New Jersey. His family had a summer home in Tadoussac, Quebec, and his first paper was published in 1879 on the birds observed there.
He enlisted in the New York National Guard in 1889.
After serving in the ambulance corps, he developed an interest in medicine. In 1893 he entered the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
He worked for a while in a hospital and private practice, but over time devoted more time to the study of birds. He was treasurer from 1903 to 1920, vice president until 1923, and president to 1926.
The American Museum of Natural History provided a room for his collection in 1909.
He died of cancer at his home at 43 West 70th Street in New York City on February 22, 1929. Carll Tucker donated it to the Smithsonian Institution in 1976.
Achievements
Membership
Member 7th Regiment National Guard New York, 1889-1896. Fellow American Ornithologists’ Union, since 1886(was treasurer, later president), New York Academy Sciences.
Connections
Married Georgina Gertrude Rundle, June 12, 1901 (died 1903). Married second, Ethel Gordon Wishart Adam, December 9, 1914.