Charles Almanzo Babcock

Charles Almanzo Babcock (1847 – 1922[1]) was a late-nineteenth-century superintendent of schools in Oil City, Pennsylvania.[2][3] He is credited[3] with launching Bird Day, a day to celebrate birds in American schools, on May 4. The first Bird Day was celebrated in Oil City schools in 1894,[4] and by 1901 the practice was well established.[5] His wife was the author Emma Whitcomb Babcock.

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Notes
  1. "Charles A Babcock (1847-1922)". Find A Grave. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  2. Doughty, Robin W. (1983) Wildlife and Man in Texas Texas A & M University Press, College Station, p. 174 ISBN 0-89096-154-9
  3. Armitage, Kevin C. (2007) "Bird Day for Kids: Progressive Conservation in Theory and Practice" Environmental History 12(3): pp. 528–551
  4. "The First Bird Day: May 4, 1894" America's Story from America's Libraries Archived January 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Bird Day for Children: Eight States Have One and New York Educators Want It" New York Times 21 April 1901



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