Ernest Thompson Seton
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Ernest Thompson Seton was a Canadian and American author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians in 1902, and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 1910.
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Ernest Thompson Seton with Baden-Powell (seated) and Daniel Beard (right)
Seton early in his writing career
The diagrams of ducks inspired Roger Tory Peterson's idea for a field guide.
Drawing from Wild Animals I Have Known, Scribner's (1898)
Drawing from Two Little Savages, Doubleday (1903)
Drawing from The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore, Doubleday (1912)
Page from Sign Talk of the Indians, Doubleday (1918)Awards 4
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About this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1860 to 1946 · aged 86
Written about in
25 languages
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