Harold Child Bryant (30 January 1886 – 14 July 1968) was an American

ornithologist Ornithology, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (''órnis''), meaning "bird", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is a branch of zoology dedicated to the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related discip ...

and

zoologist Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the structure, embryology, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems. Zoology is one ...

who served in the US

National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an List of federal agencies in the United States, agency of the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government, within the US Department of the Interior. The service manages all List ...

and was involved in the establishment of the system of park naturalists. Bryant was born in

Pasadena Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial d ...

and was educated BS from

Pomona College Pomona College ( ) is a private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was established in 1887 by a group of Congregationalism in the United States, Congregationalists ...

followed by an MS and PhD from the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...

. He then worked at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology from 1910 to 1927 serving also as a field trip leader for the University of California Extension department. Along with

Joseph Grinnell Joseph P. Grinnell (February 27, 1877 – May 29, 1939) was an American field biologist and zoologist. He made extensive studies of the fauna of California, and is credited with introducing a method of recording precise field observations known ...

and supported by a local land agent C.M. Goethe he worked as a nature guide at

Yosemite Valley Yosemite Valley ( ; ''Yosemite'', Miwok for "killer") is a U-shaped valley, glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California, United States. The valley is about long a ...

from 1919. He became the first director of the Yosemite School of Field Natural History in 1925. In 1930 he became an assistant director for the research and education branch of the National Park Service. He acted as a consultant to the

Olympic National Park Olympic National Park is a national park of the United States located in Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula. The park has four regions: the Pacific coastline, alpine areas, the west-side temperate rainforest, and the forests of the drier e ...

in 1938 and served as a superintendent of the

Grand Canyon National Park Grand Canyon National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States located in northwestern Arizona, the 15th site to have been named as a national park. The park's central feature is the Grand Canyo ...

from the next year. He retired in 1954 and received a Distinguished Service Award from the Department of the Interior.

References

External links

Development of the naturalist program in the National Park Service : transcript, 1964

Archives at MVZ, University of California, Berkeley

The game birds of California
(1918) with Joseph Grinnell and T.I. Storer. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bryant, Harold Child 1886 births 1968 deaths Scientists from Pasadena, California Outdoor educators University of California, Berkeley alumni Pomona College alumni