Henry Fairfield Osborn Jr.
Henry Fairfield Osborn Jr. | |
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Born | 15 January 1887 conservation |
Parent | Henry Fairfield Osborn |
Relatives | William Church Osborn, uncle |
Henry Fairfield Osborn Jr. (15 January 1887 – 16 September 1969), was an American
Biography
Henry Fairfield Osborn Jr. was born in
In 1935, he retired from business and devoted himself to environmental causes, especially to the New York Zoological Society (today known as the Wildlife Conservation Society). Following his election to the Society's board in 1923, he served as its Secretary from 1935 to 1940. In 1940, he became President of the New York Zoological Society, a role he held for 28 years.
Osborn wrote
From 1948 to 1961, he served as the first president of the
See also
References
- ^ Gibson, D. (2002). Environmentalism: Ideology and Power. New York: Nova Publishers. p. 38.
- ^ Thomas Robertson (2012). The Malthusian Moment: Global Population Growth and the Birth of American Environmentalism, Rutgers University Press, p 38-60.
- ^ Pierre Desrochers; Christine Hoffbauer (2009). "The Post War Intellectual Roots of the Population Bomb" (PDF). The Electronic Journal of Sustainable Development. 1 (3): 73–97. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
External links
- Henry Fairfield Osborn at Western Kentucky University
- Henry Fairfield Osborn, Jr. collection finding aid at the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives