TY - BOOK AU - Burtt,Edward H. AU - Davis,William E. TI - Alexander Wilson: the Scot who founded American ornithology SN - 9780674072558 AV - QL31.W7 B87 2013 U1 - 598.092B 23 PY - 2013///] CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press KW - Wilson, Alexander, KW - Ornithologists KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Ornithology KW - History KW - Birds KW - Pictorial works N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Themes in Wilson's life and writings -- A varied life -- Illustrating the American ornithology -- Ornithology pioneer : Alexander Wilson as scientist -- Wilson's legacy -- Appendix A. "On the shoulders of giants" : Wilson's predecessors -- Appendix B. Wilson's contemporaries and correspondents ER -