Description

Description: Influenced by Edward Bok’s book “A Dutch Boy Fifty Years After,” a young collector (Oliver B. Wait Jr.) asks the biologist William Beebe for his autograph. William Beebe signs on the verso and returns the letter.

Signed on the verso of a sheet of 7”x 6” stationery (bearing the address 5203 Chester Ave, Philadelphia, PA.)  Accompanied by the transmittal envelope. Item #A01936

William Beebe (1877-1962) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, marine biologist, entomologist, and an explorer…a pioneer in the oceanic world. The Bathysphere was invented for his use. He was the curator of ornithology at the New York Zoological Gardens starting in 1899 and appointed the Director of the Department of Tropical Research at the New York Zoological Society in 1918. He was also one of the 20th century’s major advocates for conservation and the author of several books.

Condition: Mailing fold, otherwise very good condition.