Background
Oberholser, Harry Church was born on June 25, 1870 in Brooklyn. Son of Jacob and Lavera S. Oberholser.
Oberholser, Harry Church was born on June 25, 1870 in Brooklyn. Son of Jacob and Lavera S. Oberholser.
Columbia University, 1888. Bachelor of Arts, Master of Science, George Washington University, 1914, Doctor of Philosophy, 1916.
Ornithologist United States Biological Survey, 1895-1914, assistant biologist, 1915-1923, biologist, 1924-1928, senior biologist, 1928-1941, assistant editor, 1942. Curator ornithology Cleveland Museum Natural History, 1941-1947, member board of managers, 1942-1946, retired Explorations in the United States and Canadian provinces. Professor zoology Biltmore Forest School, 1904-1910.
Professor ornithology Pennsylvania Summer School for Teachers, 1914.
Professor zoology American U. Graduate School, 1920-1935. Lecturer American School of Wild Life Protection, 1919-1939.
Delivered many series of lectures on conservation and birds in many states before many sportsmen’s conservation and ornithological organizations
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Ornithologists Union, Ohio Academy Science. Member Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Vogelkunde und Vogelschutz, Süddeutsche Vogelwarte, Bombay National History Society, Ornithological Society New Zealand, Virginia Ornithological Society, Cooper Ornithological. Club, Wilson Ornithological.
Club (vice president 1920-1921), Cleveland Bird.
Member Royal Hungarian Institute Orinthology, British Ornithologists Union. Member Maryland. Academy Sciences.
Member Deutsche Ornithologische Gesellschaft, Deutscher Verein zum Schutze der Vogelwelt, Sociedad Ornithológica del Plata, Ornithologische Gesellschaft in Bayern. Club: Professional Men's (Cleveland).
Married Mary Forrest Smith, June 30, 1914.