Background
He was born on October 30, 1891 in Haddonfield, New Jersey.
He was born on October 30, 1891 in Haddonfield, New Jersey.
After completing high school, Poole attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and was a Jessup Scholar at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.
Published versions of his illustrations appeared in Birds of Virginia (1913) and Bird Studies at Old Cape May (1937). He undertook teaching duties at the Reading Boy"s High School in 1915, guided by Doctor Levi Mengel (Director of the Reading Public Museum at the time), and was subsequently promoted to Director of Art Education. In 1920, Poole was transferred to the Reading Public Museum (though he still served as Supervisor of Art at Reading Boy"s High School until 1930) and was named Assistant Director of the museum in 1925 and Director in 1938.