The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Chamberlain, Montague

CHAMBERLAIN, Montague, American naturalist: b. Saint John, New Brunswick, 5 April 1844. He was educated privately, both his parents being teachers. Though engaged in mercantile pursuits, he devoted much time to the study of natural history and came to be well-known as an ornithological writer. In 1889 he became assistant secretary of the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard University, and from 1893-1900, secretary. A member of several scientific bodies, his chief publications are ‘Canadian Birds’ (1870); ‘Birds of New Brunswick’ (1882); ‘Mammals of New Brunswick’ (1884); ‘Systematic Table of Canadian Birds’ (1887); ‘Birds of Greenland’ (1892); ‘Some Canadian Birds’ (1895); ‘The Church Army’ (1897); ‘Maliseet Vocabulary’ (1899); ‘The Penobscot Indians’ (1899), etc.