George Miksch Sutton
Illustration — George M. Sutton in 1972 George Miksch Sutton (May 16, 1898, Bethany, Nebraska – December 7, 1982) was an American ornithologist and bird artist. He published numerous technical papers in ornithology as well as more popular works illustrated with his own art. His early artistic work was inspired and tutored by Louis Agassiz Fuertes.
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George Miksch Sutton
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- Born
- 1898 · Bethany.
- Died
- 1982
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- United States
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- zoologist · ornithologist · illustrator
- Education
- Cornell University
- Honours
- John Burroughs Medal
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In 1931, he was the first ornithologist to find the eggs of the Harris's sparrow, one of the last North American birds to have its nest and eggs described. In 1935, he was part of the team of Arthur Augustus Allen during an expedition to the Singer Tract in Louisiana to make sketches of ivory-billed woodpecker. He did extensive field work in the Arctic (including Iceland), Oklahoma, Labrador, and Mexico. He received his doctorate from Cornell University and held academic posts at the University of Michigan and the University of Oklahoma, Norman. The George M. Sutton Avian Research Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma was named after him.
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1898
George Miksch Sutton born at Bethany.
1982
George Miksch Sutton died.
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George Miksch Sutton, The Auk, 1984
BABY BIRD PORTRAITS BY GEORGE MIKSCH SUTTON, The Wilson Bulletin, 2000
Holt and Sutton on South Florida Birds Notes on Birds Observed in Southern Florida Ernest G
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- 1.Semple, John Bonner. Nesting of Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) at Churchill, Manitoba. The Auk. 49. 2. 166–183. 1932. 10.2307/4077028.
- 2.Ivory-Billed Woodpecker.
- 3.Pettingill, Olin Sewall. In Memoriam: George Miksch Sutton. The Auk. 101. 1. 146–152. 1984-01-01. 0004-8038.
- 4.The Life of George Miksch Sutton. www.suttoncenter.org.
- 5.Nebraska Ornithologists' Union. About the NOU. noubirds.org.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 11
- Mexican Birds: First Impressions (1951)
- Iceland Summer (1961)
- Oklahoma Birds (1967)
- High Arctic (1971)
- At a Bend in a Mexican River (1972)
- Portraits of Mexican Birds (1975)
- Fifty Common Birds of Oklahoma (1977)
- To a Young Bird Artist (1979)
- American Bird Biographies (1934); author – Arthur A. Allen, PhD; publisher – Comstock Publishing Company, Inc.; detail – 10 color plates and 10 wash drawings
- The Golden Plover and Other Birds (1939); author – Arthur A. Allen, PhD; publisher – Comstock Publishing Company, Inc.; detail – 7 color plates
- Birds of Western Pennsylvania (1940); author - W. E. Clyde Todd; publisher - University of Pittsburgh Press; detail - 23 color plates showing 81 species, and 60 pen-and-ink drawings.
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