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Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927We have 1 book for this author.
 Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874 - 1927) was an American ornithologist and illustrator. Fuertes decided to concentrate on painting birds as a career after meeting Elliott Coues in 1894 while on a trip to Washington, D.C. with the Cornell University Glee Club. While at Cornell, he was elected to the Sphinx Head Society, the oldest senior honor society at the University. He travelled to many countries in pursuit of birds, including Canada, Mexico, Jamaica and Ethiopia. And, in 1899, he accompanied E. H. Harriman on his famous exploration of the Alaska coastline. He lectured on ornithology at Cornell University from 1923, and the libraries there hold extensive collections of his artwork and personal papers. WorksFuertes painted 16 color plates for the book written by Wilfred Hudson Osgood, titled Artist and Naturalist in Ethiopia, Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1936. This book records the 1926-27 Chicago Field Museum/Daily News Ethiopian Expedition. Fuertes died only weeks after returning from the trip. External links
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