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Townsend, John Kirk 1809-1851

Naturalist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 10, 1809; [98] was associated with John J. Audubon in the preparation of American ornithology; travelled through the West in 1833-37; visited the Sandwich Islands and South America; and later had charge of the department of birds in the Smithsonian Institution. While in Washington he studied dentistry; was a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences and a contributor to its Proceedings; and was author of A narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River; and Ornithology of the United States. He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 16, 1851.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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