Boardman Conover, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Boardman Conover

Soldier and amateur ornithologist

Date of Birth: 18-Jan-1892

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 05-May-1950

Profession: zoologist, ornithologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Henry Boardman Conover (January 18, 1892 – May 5, 1950) was an American soldier, salesman, and amateur ornithologist.Conover was born in Chicago, the son of Charles Hopkins Conover and his wife Delia Louise Boardman.
He attended The Hill School He studied at the Sheffield Scientific School in Yale.
He had an interest in natural history from an early age, and collected bird specimens.
In 1920, he traveled to Venezuela with Wilfred Hudson Osgood on a collecting trip for the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
They returned to South America in 1922, visiting Chile and Argentina.
In 1926, Conover traveled to East Africa.
Conover became, successively, an associate in ornithology, a life member in 1924, a patron in 1926, a contributor in 1930, a research associate in birds 1936, a trustee and corporate member in 1940, and a benefactor of the Field Museum in 1950.Conover donated his collection of specimens, mostly game birds, to the Field Museum.
He made a large number of contributions to Carl Eduard Hellmayr's The Catalogue of Birds of the Americas.Conover was a member of the advisory council of Peabody Museum of Natural History, a trustee of the Chicago Zoological Society, and a fellow of the American Ornithologists Union.He died, unmarried, in Chicago, of cardiac failure, and was buried in Graceland Cemetery.