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The Wilson
Ornithological Society is a world-wide organization of nearly 2500
people who share a curiosity about birds.
The earliest stages of the Society's development began with formation of the "Young Ornithologists' Association," initiated in 1886 under the leadership of L. O. Pindar and J. B. Richards. The began as a corresponding group of naturalists interested in birds, with notes published in The Oölogist.
Soon after, the Society acquired a constitution and established itself in December, 1888, as the Wilson Ornithological Chapter of the Agassiz Association. The fledgling group was named in honor of
Alexander Wilson, considered the Father of American
Ornithology. Its original purpose was "the study of birds, their nests, and eggs."
Over the subsequent decades, the group—eventually becoming known as the Wilson Ornithological Club—published its proceedings and articles under a series of diverse titles, cuminating in the Wilson Bulletin after 1894 and, most recently, the Wilson Journal of Ornithology. The Club became the Wilson Ornithological Society in 1955.
References
Hall, G. A. 1988. The middle years of the Wilson Ornithological Society: 1922-1955. Wilson Bulletin 100:625-631 (pdf)
Jackson, J. A.. 1988. The Wilson Ornithological Society in the last thrid of its first century: 1956-1988. Wilson Bulletin 100:632-649 (pdf)
Jackson, J. A., H. Mayfield, and G. A. Hall. 1988. A history of the first one hundred years of the Wilson Ornithological Society. Wilson Bulletin 100:617-618 (pdf)
Mayfield, H. F. 1988. The early years of the Wilson Ornithological Society: 1885-1921. Wilson Bulletin 100:619-624 (pdf)
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