Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey

American ornithologist

Date of Birth: 08-Aug-1863

Place of Birth: Locust Grove, Oklahoma, United States

Date of Death: 22-Sep-1948

Profession: naturalist, writer, zoologist, ornithologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey (August 8, 1863 – September 22, 1948) was an American ornithologist and nature writer.
She was born in the hamlet of Locust Grove in Lewis County, New York.
The youngest of four children, she was the younger sister of Clinton Hart Merriam.
She organized early Audubon Society chapters and was an activist for bird protection.
She wrote what is considered the first bird field guide in the modern tradition, Birds Through an Opera-Glass, published in 1890.
Her extensive field work in the American West, often with her husband Vernon Bailey, was documented in several books, chief among them Handbook of Birds of the Western United States and The Birds of New Mexico.