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Elsie Cassels
Elsie Cassels | |
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| Born | Elsie McAlister February 1864 St. Mary's Loch, Scotland |
| Died | 12 November 1938 (aged 74) Red Deer, Alberta, Canada |
| Nationality | Scottish |
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| Organization | First woman to be Vice-President of a Canadian naturalist society |
Elsie Cassels (February 1864 — 12 November 1938) was a Scottish-born naturalist and the first woman to become Vice-President of a Canadian naturalist society.[1] Cassels lived in Red Deer, Alberta and became a recognised authority across Canada on migratory birds who exchanged information (from detailed observations from 1920 to 1935), with the leading (male) ornithologists of her day,[2] 'her keen enthusiasm stimulated a wide interest in ornithology'.[3] Cassels objected to game hunting for pleasure as a conservationist before this was a common approach to wildlife, and helped found a bird sanctuary and in 1924 one of the first Canadian wildlife refuges at Gaetz Lakes, Alberta.[2]
- ^ McNicholl, Martin K.; Cranmer-Byng, Jack; Ornithologists, Ontario Field (1994). Ornithology in Ontario. Cornell University: Hawk Owl Publishing. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-9697952-0-9.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
:2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ The Canadian Field-Naturalist. Vol. 53. Ottawa: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. 1939.
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