William L. Dawson portrait   Save
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Description: This is a portrait of William Leon Dawson (1873-1928), from "The Condor," (March/April 1913). Dawson was born in Iowa but lived in Ohio for part of his childhood, going on to attend Oberlin College and later Oberlin Theological Seminary. He was a famous American ornithologist and was well-known for his 1903 work "Birds of Ohio." The portrait seen here appears in "The Condor," an international journal on ornithology that has been in publication since 1899. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02780
Subjects: Ornithologists; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Scientists
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