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Althea Sherman

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Althea Sherman

Birth
Death
16 Apr 1943 (aged 89)
Burial
National, Clayton County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Noted ornithologist, educator and artist and the leading authority on chimney swifts. Her books on chimney swifts are cited as authoritative sources. In 1915 she designed and constructed a tower used to study the habits of the chimney swift. In 2008 a replica of the tower was dedicated by the Friends of the Sherman Swift Tower to celebrate Amelia Sherman's 155th birthday. The tower is near her grave in the National Cemetery.
Noted ornithologist, educator and artist and the leading authority on chimney swifts. Her books on chimney swifts are cited as authoritative sources. In 1915 she designed and constructed a tower used to study the habits of the chimney swift. In 2008 a replica of the tower was dedicated by the Friends of the Sherman Swift Tower to celebrate Amelia Sherman's 155th birthday. The tower is near her grave in the National Cemetery.


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