The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Ingersoll, Ernest

INGERSOLL, Ernest, American naturalist: b. Monroe, Mich., 13 March 1852. He studied at Oberlin College and in the Lawrence Scientific School and Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard University, where he was a pupil of Agassiz, and in 1874 and 1877 was connected as naturalist with the Hayden survey. He was also an expert on the United States Fish Commission, and later became known as a popular writer and lecturer on scientific subjects. In 1901 he was lecturer in zoology at the University of Chicago. Among his works are ‘Nests and Eggs of North American Birds’ (1880-81); ‘Oyster Industries of the United States’ (1881); ‘Knocking 'Round the Rockies’ (1883); ‘Country Cousins’ (1884); ‘The Crest of the Continent’ (1884); ‘Down East Latch-Strings’ (1887); ‘Wild Neighbors’ (1897); ‘The Book of the Ocean’ (1898); ‘Nature's Calendar’ (1900); ‘Wild Life of Orchard and Field’ (1902); ‘The Life . . . of Mammals’ (1906); and several popular juvenile tales, notably ‘The Ice Queen.’ He is editor of the ‘Farmer's Practical Library,’ secretary of the Authors Club (New York) and an officer of the National Association of Audubon Societies.