Author: Martha Bergland
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870209531
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Thure Kumlien was one of Wisconsin’s earliest Swedish settlers and an accomplished ornithologist, botanist, and naturalist in the mid-1800s, though his name is not well known today. He settled on the shore of Lake Koshkonong in 1843 and soon began sending bird specimens to museums and collectors in Europe and the eastern United States, including the Smithsonian. Later, he prepared natural history exhibits for the newly established University of Wisconsin and became the first curator and third employee of the new Milwaukee Public Museum. For all of his achievements, Kumlien never gained the widespread notoriety of Wisconsin naturalists John Muir, Increase Lapham, or Aldo Leopold. Kumlien did his work behind the scenes, content to spend his days in the marshes and swamps rather than in the public eye. He once wrote that he was not “cut out for pretensions and show in the world.” Yet, his detailed observations of Wisconsin’s natural world—including the impact of early agriculture on the environment—were hugely important to the fields of ornithology and botany. As this carefully researched and lovingly rendered biography proves, Thure Kumlien deserves to be remembered as one of Wisconsin’s most influential naturalists.
The Birdman of Koshkonong
Author: Martha Bergland
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870209531
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Thure Kumlien was one of Wisconsin’s earliest Swedish settlers and an accomplished ornithologist, botanist, and naturalist in the mid-1800s, though his name is not well known today. He settled on the shore of Lake Koshkonong in 1843 and soon began sending bird specimens to museums and collectors in Europe and the eastern United States, including the Smithsonian. Later, he prepared natural history exhibits for the newly established University of Wisconsin and became the first curator and third employee of the new Milwaukee Public Museum. For all of his achievements, Kumlien never gained the widespread notoriety of Wisconsin naturalists John Muir, Increase Lapham, or Aldo Leopold. Kumlien did his work behind the scenes, content to spend his days in the marshes and swamps rather than in the public eye. He once wrote that he was not “cut out for pretensions and show in the world.” Yet, his detailed observations of Wisconsin’s natural world—including the impact of early agriculture on the environment—were hugely important to the fields of ornithology and botany. As this carefully researched and lovingly rendered biography proves, Thure Kumlien deserves to be remembered as one of Wisconsin’s most influential naturalists.
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870209531
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Thure Kumlien was one of Wisconsin’s earliest Swedish settlers and an accomplished ornithologist, botanist, and naturalist in the mid-1800s, though his name is not well known today. He settled on the shore of Lake Koshkonong in 1843 and soon began sending bird specimens to museums and collectors in Europe and the eastern United States, including the Smithsonian. Later, he prepared natural history exhibits for the newly established University of Wisconsin and became the first curator and third employee of the new Milwaukee Public Museum. For all of his achievements, Kumlien never gained the widespread notoriety of Wisconsin naturalists John Muir, Increase Lapham, or Aldo Leopold. Kumlien did his work behind the scenes, content to spend his days in the marshes and swamps rather than in the public eye. He once wrote that he was not “cut out for pretensions and show in the world.” Yet, his detailed observations of Wisconsin’s natural world—including the impact of early agriculture on the environment—were hugely important to the fields of ornithology and botany. As this carefully researched and lovingly rendered biography proves, Thure Kumlien deserves to be remembered as one of Wisconsin’s most influential naturalists.
Aztalan
Author: Robert A. Birmingham
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870205188
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Aztalan has remained a mystery since the early nineteenth century when it was discovered by settlers who came to the Crawfish River, fifty miles west of Milwaukee. Who were the early indigenous people who inhabited this place? When did they live here? Why did they disappear? Birmingham and Goldstein attempt to unlock some of the mysteries, providing insights and information about the group of people who first settled here in 1100 AD. Filled with maps, drawings, and photographs of artifacts, this small volume examines a time before modern Native American people settled in this area.
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870205188
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Aztalan has remained a mystery since the early nineteenth century when it was discovered by settlers who came to the Crawfish River, fifty miles west of Milwaukee. Who were the early indigenous people who inhabited this place? When did they live here? Why did they disappear? Birmingham and Goldstein attempt to unlock some of the mysteries, providing insights and information about the group of people who first settled here in 1100 AD. Filled with maps, drawings, and photographs of artifacts, this small volume examines a time before modern Native American people settled in this area.
Game Breeder and Sportsman
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Category : Game and game-birds
Languages : en
Pages : 622
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Category : Game and game-birds
Languages : en
Pages : 622
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The American Kennel Club Stud Book Register
Engineering World
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1728
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1728
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Electrical Review
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Category : Electrical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1100
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Category : Electrical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1100
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Industrial Engineering
Author: George Worthington
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Category : Electrical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1100
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Category : Electrical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1100
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New York Review of the Telegraph and Telephone and Electrical Journal
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Category : Electrical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
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Category : Electrical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
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Byroniana
Author: George Gordon Byron Baron Byron
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Languages : de
Pages : 38
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Languages : de
Pages : 38
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