Ernest Thompson Seton 1860-1946
Ernest Evan Thompson, who later adopted his ancestral name of Seton, was born in England and in 1866 emigrated with his family to a farm near Lindsay. There and in the Toronto region, where he lived 1870-79, he developed a consuming interest in nature. After illustrating a number of other writers' works on natural history, he combined his artistry with knowledge gained from extensive personal observation to produce many books of his own. "Two Little Savages" and "Wild Animals I have Known" are probably the publications for which he is best remembered. His writings did much to further popular interest in wildlife and the identification of birds and animals.
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