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George Bird Grinnell

George Bird Grinnell
Artist
William Notman, 08 Mar 1826 - 25 Nov 1891
Sitter
George Bird Grinnell, 20 Sep 1849 - 11 Apr 1938
Date
c. 1880
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image: 11 × 8.5 cm (4 5/16 × 3 3/8")
Sheet: 14.1 × 10.3 cm (5 9/16 × 4 1/16")
Mount: 16.6 × 10.9 cm (6 9/16 × 4 5/16")
Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14")
Topic
Interior
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Costume\Outerwear\Coat
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Bowtie
Photographic format\Cabinet card
George Bird Grinnell: Male
George Bird Grinnell: Journalism and Media\Magazine editor
George Bird Grinnell: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist
George Bird Grinnell: Science and Technology\Scientist\Naturalist
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.77.184
Exhibition Label
George Bird Grinnell, a New York City-based naturalist and author, was known as “the father of American conservation.” He promoted wildlife protection during the 1880s and 1890s and helped establish Montana’s Glacier National Park (1910).
As the editor of the popular sport-hunters’ weekly magazine Forest and Stream (1880–1911), Grinnell advocated various conservation causes. He also helped found influential conservation organizations, including the first Audubon Society (1886), the Boone and Crockett Club (1887), and the American Game Protective Association (1911).
Grinnell was a champion of present-day Glacier National Park and argued for its preservation. In 1897, one of the glaciers was named for Grinnell. In 1926, he rightly observed that the glacier was “melting at a rapid rate.” According to the U.S. Geological Survey, between 1850 and 2015, Grinnell Glacier decreased in area by seventy-one percent.
George Bird Grinnell, naturalista y escritor radicado en Nueva York, fue conocido como “el padre del conservacionismo estadunidense”. Promovió la protección de la vida silvestre en las décadas de 1880 y 1890, y contribuyó a establecer el Parque Nacional de los Glaciares en Montana (1910). Como editor de la popular revista de caza deportiva Forest and Stream (1880–1911), defendió diversas causas de conservación. También ayudó a fundar influyentes organizaciones como la primera Sociedad Audubon (1886), el Club Boone and Crockett (1887) y la Asociación Estadounidense Protectora de Animales de Caza (1911).
Grinnell fue un gran defensor del Parque Nacional de los Glaciares y de su conservación. En 1897 se dio su nombre a uno de los glaciares. En 1926 Grinnell observó que el glaciar se “derretía a paso rápido”. En efecto, según el Servicio Geológico de EE.UU., entre 1850 y 2015 el área del glaciar Grinnell se redujo un 71 por ciento.
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Exhibition
Forces of Nature: Voices that Shaped Environmentalism
On View
NPG, North Gallery 220