Sargent, William Dunlap, 1908-1965

Illustrator, professor of limnology, ornithology.

William Dunlap Sargent, an authority on falconry, studied ornithology at Cornell University under Arthur A. Allen, graduating in 1931, receiving an M.S. in 1933 and a Ph.D. in 1936. He taught limnology and ecology at Cornell, 1932-1936, and taught limnology and ornithology at City College of New York. He also illustrated books on biology and was a bird artist.

From the description of Falconry papers, 1927-1965. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64073092

William Dunlap Sargent, an authority on falconry, studied ornithology at Cornell University under Arthur A. Allen, graduating in 1931, receiving an M.S. in 1933 and a Ph.D. in 1936. He taught limnology and ecology at Cornell, 1932-1936, and taught limnology, stream improvement, conservation, and ornithology at City College of New York. He also illustrated books on biology and was a bird artist.

• 1908: Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., May 15
• 1926: Graduated from the Lincoln School of Teacher's College Summer Staff Entomologist in the museum maintained by AMAH at Kanokwakke Lakes Scout Camp Entered Cornell University
• 1927: Summer Junior Nature Counselor, Camp Lincoln, Keeseville, N.Y.
• 1928: Entomology Museum at Kanokwakke Lakes Camp
• 1929: Summer Biological Survey of a trout stream for Tuscarora Club, Arena, N.Y.
• 1930: Summer member of West Virginia University Zoological Field Expedition under Dr. J.G. Needham
• 1931: B.S., Cornell
• 1930 - 1931 : Biological Survey of Mashpee River for Mr. J.W. Farley, Boston, Mass.
• 1932: M.S., Cornell Summer Survey of North Hudson drainage, fish food unit
• 1932 - 1936 : Instructor of Ecology and Limnology at Cornell
• 1936: Ph.D., Cornell, in Limnology
• 1937 - 1948 : Biology Instructor at City College of N.Y.
• 1948 - 1961 : Assistant Professor, C.C.N.Y.
• 1961 - 1965 : Associate Professor, C.C.N.Y.
• 1965: Died

From the guide to the William Dunlap Sargent Falconry papers, 1927-1965, (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library)