"W" is for Wayne, Arthur Trezevant [1863-1930]. Ornithologist. As a teenager, Wayne began regularly visiting the Charleston Museum after school—displaying great interest in birds. The curator and a local taxidermist taught him how to prepare bird skins and soon he was collecting birds, nests, and eggs. At the age of 15 he donated the first of many specimens to the museum. After a brief foray into the business world, he devoted the remainder of his life to ornithology. He earned his living by collecting birds and selling their skins to ornithologists and museums. He frequently published his observations in The Auk, the journal of the American Ornithologists' Union. His careful work made him the most knowledgeable authority of his day on South Carolina birds. In 1910, Arthur Trezevant Wayne published Birds of South Carolina.
"W" is for Wayne, Arthur Trezevant [1863-1930]
