Edward Royal Warren (1860–1942) was an American naturalist and engineer.

Biography

Warren was born in 1860 in Waltham,

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

where attended

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

from which he got his bachelor's degree in 1881. He got his second bachelor's degree in 1883 from the

Colorado College Colorado College is a private college, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Founded in 1874 by Thomas Nelson Haskell in his daughter's memory, the college offers over 40 majors a ...

where by 1902 he became full-time naturalist. He was recognised in 1909 for his contributions to

Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...

natural history and was made an honorary director of the Colorado College Museum. After it he wrote many books; one ''Mammals of Colorado'' was published in 1910, the other ''The Beaver: Its Work and Its Ways'' came out in 1927. He died in 1942.

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* 1860 births 1942 deaths American engineers Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni {{US-engineer-stub