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'''Charles Almanzo Babcock''' (born 1849, date of death unknown) was a late-nineteenth-century superintendent of schools in [[Oil City, Pennsylvania]].<ref>Doughty, Robin W. (1983) ''Wildlife and Man in Texas'' Texas A & M University Press, College Station, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EWy3BFqBSbwC&pg=PA174 p. 174] ISBN 0-89096-154-9</ref><ref name="Armitage">[http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/eh/12.3/armitage.html Armitage, Kevin C. (2007) "Bird Day for Kids: Progressive Conservation in Theory and Practice" ''Environmental History'' 12(3): pp. 528–551]</ref> He is credited<ref name="Armitage"/> with launching [[Bird Day]], a day to celebrate birds in [[United States|American]] schools |
'''Charles Almanzo Babcock''' (born 1849, date of death unknown) was a late-nineteenth-century superintendent of schools in [[Oil City, Pennsylvania]].<ref>Doughty, Robin W. (1983) ''Wildlife and Man in Texas'' Texas A & M University Press, College Station, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EWy3BFqBSbwC&pg=PA174 p. 174] ISBN 0-89096-154-9</ref><ref name="Armitage">[http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/eh/12.3/armitage.html Armitage, Kevin C. (2007) "Bird Day for Kids: Progressive Conservation in Theory and Practice" ''Environmental History'' 12(3): pp. 528–551]</ref> He is credited<ref name="Armitage"/> with launching [[Bird Day]], a day to celebrate birds in [[United States|American]] schools, on [[May 4]]: the first Bird Day was celebrated in Oil City schools in 1894,<ref>[http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/progress/birdday_1 "The First Bird Day: May 4, 1894" America's Story from America's Libraries] </ref> and by 1901 the practice was well-established.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20E1EFF3B5414728DDDA80A94DC405B818CF1D3 "Bird Day for Children: Eight States Have One and New York Educators Want It" ''New York Times'' 21 April 1901]</ref> |
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==Works== |
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Charles Almanzo Babcock (born 1849, date of death unknown) was a late-nineteenth-century superintendent of schools in Oil City, Pennsylvania.[1][2] He is credited[2] with launching Bird Day, a day to celebrate birds in American schools, on May 4: the first Bird Day was celebrated in Oil City schools in 1894,[3] and by 1901 the practice was well-established.[4]
Works
- Bird Day: How to prepare for it (1901)
Notes
- ^ Doughty, Robin W. (1983) Wildlife and Man in Texas Texas A & M University Press, College Station, p. 174 ISBN 0-89096-154-9
- ^ a b Armitage, Kevin C. (2007) "Bird Day for Kids: Progressive Conservation in Theory and Practice" Environmental History 12(3): pp. 528–551
- ^ "The First Bird Day: May 4, 1894" America's Story from America's Libraries
- ^ "Bird Day for Children: Eight States Have One and New York Educators Want It" New York Times 21 April 1901
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