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Ernest Thompson Seton
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British/American author, artist and naturalist, and one of the founders of the scouting movement (1860–1946)
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Ernest Thompson Seton, born Ernest Evan Thompson in South Shields, was a naturalist, writer, screenwriter, and essayist. He held citizenship in both the United States and Canada. Seton was educated at the Académie Julian and began his professional work period in 1886. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Seton wrote in English and received the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal and the John Burroughs Medal. His works are held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art. Notable titles include *Rolf in the woods*, *Krag and Johnny Bear*, *The Scribner treasury*, and *Ḥayot ha-bar asher yadaʻti*. He died in Seton Village in 1946.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1860-08-14
- Died
- 1946-10-23
- Works
- 498
Top works
- Original drawing of a Buffalo cow
- The Scribner treasury
- Ḥayot ha-bar asher yadaʻti
- Rolf in the woods
- Krag and Johnny Bear
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · South Shields, County Durham, England, United Kingdom
Known for
- Natural World — Clint Youngreen1983
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1949-04-03
Discography
- Morris On1972
- Henry the Human Fly1972
- Strict Tempo!1981
- Hand of Kindness1983
- Across a Crowded Room1985
- Daring Adventures1986
- Amnesia1988
- Rumor and Sigh1991
- Mirror Blue1994
- Twangin’ ’n’ a-Traddin’1995
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 15
- Total plays
- 42
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses
· 2003 · cited 52,668x
- CLUSTAL W: improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequence alignment through sequence weighting, position-specific gap penalties and weight matrix choice
· 1994 · cited 52,095x
- Quantifying heterogeneity in a meta‐analysis
· 2002 · cited 32,053x
- The CLUSTAL_X windows interface: flexible strategies for multiple sequence alignment aided by quality analysis tools
· 1997 · cited 31,743x
- Clustal W and Clustal X version 2.0
· 2007 · cited 24,982x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “This is a time when the whole nation is turning toward the outdoor life, seeking in it the physical regeneration so needful for continued national existence — is waking to the fact long known to thoughtful men, that those live longest who live nearest to the ground, that is, who live the simple life of primitive times, divested, however, of the evils that ignorance in those times begot.”
- “Not Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Astor together could have raised money enough to buy a quarter share in my little Dog Snap.”
- “A lion shorn of his strength, an eagle robbed of his freedom, or a dove bereft of his mate, all die, it is said, of a broken heart; and who will aver that this grim bandit could bear the three-fold brunt, heart-whole? This only I know, that when the morning dawned, he was lying there still in his position of calm repose, his body unwounded, but his spirit was gone — the old King-wolf was dead.”
- “Crows know the value of organization, and are as well drilled as soldiers — very much better than some soldiers, in fact, for crows are always on duty, always at war, and always dependent on each other for life and safety.”
- “Next day on returning I found him dead in the snow with his head on the sill of the door — the door of his puppyhood's days; my dog to the last in his heart of hearts — it was my help he sought, and vainly sought, in the hour of his bitter extremity.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Ernest Evan Thompson , ( 1860-08-14 ) August 14, 1860, South Shields , County Durham, England, United Kingdom
- Died
- October 23, 1946 (1946-10-23) (aged 86), Seton Village , New Mexico, United States
- Other names
- Ernest Seton-Thompson Black Wolf Chief
- Occupations
- Author, wildlife artist
- Known for
- Founder of the Woodcraft Indians and founding pioneer of the Boy Scouts of America
- Spouses
- Grace Gallatin (m. 1896–1935) Julia Moss Buttree
- Children
- Anya Seton (daughter) Dee Barber Seton (daughter)
- Parents
- Joseph Logan Thompson (father) Alice Snowdon Thompson (mother)
- Awards
- John Burroughs Medal (1927) Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal (1928) Silver Buffalo Award
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Ernest Thompson Seton (born Ernest Evan Thompson; August 14, 1860 – October 23, 1946) was a Canadian and American author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians in 1902 (renamed Woodcraft League of America), and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 1910.
Seton also influenced Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scouting movement. His writings were published in the United Kingdom, Canada, the US, and the USSR; his notable books related to Scouting include The Birch Bark Roll and the Boy Scout Handbook. He incorporated what he believed to be American Indian elements into the traditions of the BSA.
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