Arthur Cleveland Bent
Arthur Cleveland Bent (November 25, 1866 –
December 30, 1954) was an American ornithologist. Arthur Cleveland Bent
He is notable for his encyclopedic 21-volume work,
Life Histories of North American Birds, published
1919-1968 and completed posthumously.[1]
Bent was brought up in Taunton, Massachusetts, where
he became interested in birds as a child. He was later
successful in business and traveled throughout North
America, acquiring an extensive knowledge of its
avifauna. From 1901 he was contributing papers to The
Auk, the journal of the American Ornithologists'
Union.[1]
Born November 25, 1866
Died December 30, 1954 (aged 88)
Resting Mount Pleasant Cemetery,
place Taunton, MA
41.89415°N 71.10091°W
Alma mater Harvard College
Bent with William Brewster and Known for Ornithology
others of the Nuttall Club
Parents William Henry Bent
Harriet Fellowes Hendee
Following a request from the Smithsonian Institution
in 1910, Bent started work on the project that would Awards John Burroughs Medal (1940)
dominate the rest of his life. Using his own Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal (1949)
experiences, the published literature, and contributions
from hundreds of others, he put together what was at the time by far the most comprehensive repository
of knowledge about the biology of the birds of North America. His accounts were published progressively
in the United States National Museum Bulletin (NMB),[1] and later republished by Dover.
In 1940 Bent was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for distinguished book-length nature writing.[1] He
was awarded the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal from the National Academy of Sciences in 1949 .[2]
Life Histories – publication history
1919 - Life Histories of North American Diving Birds (https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/
10026) (NMB 107)
1921 - Life Histories of North American Gulls and Terns (http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/
001501573) (NMB 113)
1922 - Life Histories of North American Petrels and Pelicans and Their Allies (http://catalog.
hathitrust.org/Record/008360038) (NMB 121)
1923 - Life Histories of North American Wild Fowl (http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/00150
1576) (part 1) (NMB 126)
1925 - Life Histories of North American Wild Fowl (http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/00150
1576) (part 2) (NMB 130)
1926 - Life Histories of North American Marsh Birds (http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001
501574) (NMB 135)
1927 - Life Histories of North American Shore Birds (https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/1
0021) (part 1) (NMB 142)
1929 - Life Histories of North American Shore Birds (https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/1
0019) (part 2) (NMB 146)
1932 - Life Histories of North American Gallinaceous Birds (https://repository.si.edu/handle/1
0088/10018) (NMB 162)
1937 - Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey (https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/
10017) (part 1) (NMB 167)
1938 - Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey (https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/
10016) (part 2) (NMB 170)
1939 - Life Histories of North American Woodpeckers (https://archive.org/details/lifehistories
ofn00bent_0) (NMB 174)
1940 - Life Histories of North American Cuckoos, Goatsuckers, Hummingbirds, and Their
Allies (https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/10014) (NMB 176)
1942 - Life Histories of North American Flycatchers, Larks, Swallows, and Their Allies (http
s://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/10013) (NMB 179)
1946 - Life Histories of North American Jays, Crows, and Titmice (https://archive.org/details/
lifehistoriesofn0012bent_d8u2/page/n6/mode/1up) (NMB 191) (link requires registration)
1948 - Life Histories of North American Nuthatches, Wrens, Thrashers, and Their Allies (http
s://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/10012) (NMB 195)
1949 - Life Histories of North American Thrushes, Kinglets, and Their Allies (https://repositor
y.si.edu/handle/10088/10011) (NMB 196)
1950 - Life Histories of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and Their Allies (https://re
pository.si.edu/handle/10088/10010) (NMB 197)
1953 - Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers (https://repository.si.edu/handle/100
88/10009) (NMB 203)
1958 - Life Histories of North American Blackbirds, Orioles, Tanagers, and Allies (https://rep
ository.si.edu/handle/10088/10008) (NMB 211)
1968 - Life Histories of North American Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Buntings, Towhees, Finches,
Sparrows, and Allies (https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/10027) (3 parts) (Arthur
Cleveland Bent and Collaborators, compiled and edited by Oliver L. Austin Jr.) (NMB 237)[3]
References
1. Familiar Birds: About the work of Arthur Cleveland Bent (http://birdsbybent.com/about.html)
2. "Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal" (https://web.archive.org/web/20120801121352/http://nas.nasonl
ine.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_elliot). National Academy of Sciences.
Archived from the original (http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS
_elliot) on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
3. Familiar Birds: Appendix (http://birdsbybent.com/appendix.htm)
External links
Works by Arthur Bent (https://www.gutenberg.org/author/Bent,+Arthur) at Project Gutenberg
Works by Arthur Cleveland Bent (https://fadedpage.com/csearch.php?author=Bent%2C%20
Arthur%20Cleveland) at Faded Page (Canada)
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8-mediatype:software%29) at the Internet Archive
Arthur Cleveland Bent Papers, circa 1910-1954 (http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc
_217278) from the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Arthur Cleveland Bent Ornithological Papers, 1880-1942 (https://web.archive.org/web/20130
616093205/http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/ead/mums413.xml) from the University of
Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Familiar Birds (http://birdsbybent.com/index.html)
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