Edward Alexander Preble

Edward Alexander Preble (born in Somerville, Massachusetts on (1871-06-11)June 11, 1871; died October 4, 1957(1957-10-04) (aged 86)) was an American naturalist and conservationist. He is noted for work in studying birds and mammals of the Pacific Northwest. He also acted as an editor for nature magazines.[1]

Ernest Thompson Seton and Edward Alexander Preble leaving Athabaska Landing, May 17, 1907.

In 1908, Preble published a report on the natural history of the Athabaska-Mackenzie region, or "Boreal America". This monograph was based his two expeditions, in 1901 and again in 1903-4, with the U.S. Biological Survey.[2]

In 1925 Preble became a Consulting Naturalist for Nature Magazine.[3] When he retired from government service, in 1935, he became one of the journal's Associate Editors - a position he held until his death in 1957.

References
  1. Edward Alexander Preble's papers at the Smithsonian Institution
  2. Edward Alexander Preble (1908). "A Biological Investigation of the Athabaska-Mackenzie Region". North American Fauna. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 27: 1–574. doi:10.3996/nafa.27.0001. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  3. "Preble, Edward Alexander, 1871-1957".
  4. International Plant Names Index.  Preble.


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