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


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About Boardman Conover

  • 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.

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