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{{Short description|American ornithologist and bird artist}} |
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[[File:George M. Sutton.jpg|thumb|George M. Sutton in 1972]] |
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'''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]]. 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]].<ref>https://training.fws.gov/history/images/IvoryBillPamphlet1.jpg {{Bare URL image|date=March 2022}}</ref> 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 Oklahoma was named after him.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Life of George Miksch Sutton |url=https://www.suttoncenter.org/about/history/the-life-of-george-miksch-sutton/ |website=www.suttoncenter.org |access-date=19 July 2020}}</ref> |
'''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]]. 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.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Semple |first1=John Bonner |last2=Sutton |first2=George Miksch |date=1932 |title=Nesting of Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) at Churchill, Manitoba |url=https://academic.oup.com/auk/article/49/2/166-183/5253481 |journal=The Auk |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=166–183 |doi=10.2307/4077028|jstor=4077028 }}</ref> 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]].<ref>https://training.fws.gov/history/images/IvoryBillPamphlet1.jpg {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327180421/https://training.fws.gov/history/images/IvoryBillPamphlet1.jpg |date=2021-03-27 }} {{Bare URL image|date=March 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Pettingill |first=Olin Sewall |date=1984-01-01 |title=In Memoriam: George Miksch Sutton |url=https://academic.oup.com/auk/article/101/1/146/5191288 |journal=The Auk |language=en |volume=101 |issue=1 |pages=146–152 |doi=10.1093/auk/101.1.146 |issn=0004-8038}}</ref> The [[George M. Sutton Avian Research Center]] in [[Bartlesville, Oklahoma|Bartlesville]], Oklahoma was named after him.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Life of George Miksch Sutton |url=https://www.suttoncenter.org/about/history/the-life-of-george-miksch-sutton/ |website=www.suttoncenter.org |access-date=19 July 2020}}</ref> |
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== Bibliography == |
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His book-length works include: |
His book-length works include: |
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* ''Mexican Birds: First Impressions'' (1951) |
* ''Mexican Birds: First Impressions'' (1951) |
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==References== |
==References== |
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* {{cite journal |last1=Graham, Jr. |first1=Frank |title=Signals from the wild - the art and science of George Miksch Sutton |journal=Audubon |date=July 1981 |page=34 }} |
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* {{cite journal|author=Olin Sewall Petingill, Jr.|year=1984|title=In Memoriam: George Miksch Sutton|journal=The Auk|volume= 101|issue=1|pages= 146–152|doi=10.1093/auk/101.1.146|url=http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v101n01/p0146-p0152.pdf}} |
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* Sutton, George Miksch (1980). ''Bird Student: An Autobiography''. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, {{ISBN|978-0-292-70727-6}} |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* [http://www.suttoncenter.org/ George Miksch Sutton |
* [http://www.suttoncenter.org/ George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center], Bartlesville, Oklahoma |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070502231330/http://www.oupress.com/bookdetail.asp?isbn=978-0-8061-3745-2 ''George Miksch Sutton Artist, Scientist, and Teacher''] By Jerome A. Jackson (biography published in 2007) |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070502231330/http://www.oupress.com/bookdetail.asp?isbn=978-0-8061-3745-2 ''George Miksch Sutton Artist, Scientist, and Teacher''] By Jerome A. Jackson (biography published in 2007) |
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* {{Librivox author |id=17571}} |
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Latest revision as of 06:56, 31 May 2024
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. 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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] The George M. Sutton Avian Research Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma was named after him.[4]
Bibliography
[edit]His book-length works include:
- 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)
Books illustrated by Sutton include:
- 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.
He also drew the burrowing owl that is now used as the logo for the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Semple, John Bonner; Sutton, George Miksch (1932). "Nesting of Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) at Churchill, Manitoba". The Auk. 49 (2): 166–183. doi:10.2307/4077028. JSTOR 4077028.
- ^ https://training.fws.gov/history/images/IvoryBillPamphlet1.jpg Archived 2021-03-27 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL image file]
- ^ Pettingill, Olin Sewall (1984-01-01). "In Memoriam: George Miksch Sutton". The Auk. 101 (1): 146–152. doi:10.1093/auk/101.1.146. ISSN 0004-8038.
- ^ "The Life of George Miksch Sutton". www.suttoncenter.org. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ Nebraska Ornithologists' Union. "About the NOU". noubirds.org. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
External links
[edit]- George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
- George Miksch Sutton Artist, Scientist, and Teacher By Jerome A. Jackson (biography published in 2007)
- Works by George Miksch Sutton at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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