Continuing with science/taxidermy topics, I am reading a book called Still Life, An adventure in Taxidermy by Melissa Milgrom. So far it's about her life with taxidermy. She starts off with visiting a taxidermist's studio in New Jersey where she meets the Schwendemans. They are a taxidermy family who worked at the American Museum of Natural History for decades. Check out this video by Martha Stewart when she visited them, here. But before the Schwendemans, was William Hornaday. WH (for short) was born 1854-1936 in Indiana. He studied as a taxidermist at Henry Ward's Natural Science Establishment in Rochester before Carl Akeley (blog coming soon) was there. He also was the chief taxidermist for the Smithsonian National Museum in Washington DC and director of the Bronx Zoo for 30 years. WH was also a hunter but soon discovered the decimation of the American Bison. After hunting in India, Borneo, and Montana, Hornaday became a conservationist. He wrote many books and articles, which you can read one here. Hornaday along with his friend, Teddy Roosevelt founded the American Bison Society in 1905, which led to protecting bison, birds, seals and other wild life animals.
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