Person in the county’s record
From the state marker“Ornithologist; teacher; internationally honored conservationist. Founded Audubon Society in N.C. Grave is 1/10 mi. N.E.”
State historical marker: J-64: T. Gilbert Pearson 1873-1943
1873–1943 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
The index holds one work for T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert) Pearson so far. Search further, by the Library of Congress heading: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.
Works in the index that concern this person directly, or were written by them. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it; background reading with wider context sits further down.
T. Gilbert Pearson's preliminary catalogue of the birds of Chapel Hill, with brief notes on some of the species, reprinted in 1899 from the Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. An early local bird list for the town, it gives identifications species by species and is a baseline for anyone comparing the birdlife of Orange County then and now.
Correspondence of 1902 and 1903 to and from museum curator H. H. Brimley about founding the North Carolina Academy of Science, with Hubert A. Royster among the writers. Other scientists named include C. S. Brimley, W. W. Ashe, T. Gilbert Pearson, Franklin Sherman and H. V. Wilson of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 16 images.
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