James William Abert
November 18, 1820(1820-11-18) – August 10, 1897 (aged 76)
Place of birth	Mount Holly, New Jersey
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Rank	colonel

James William Abert (November 18, 1820 – August 10, 1897) was an American soldier, explorer, ornithologist and topographical artist.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Military career 3 Later life 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links

[edit] Early life

Abert, the son of John James Abert,^[1] was born in Mount Holly, New Jersey, and graduated from West Point in 1842.

[edit] Military career

Abert joined the Corps of Topographical Engineers, of which his father was the head,^[1] in 1843. He joined several expeditions into the west, including John Frémont's third expedition, and illustrated these expeditions reports with his sketches. He was also put in charge of a detachment to map the Canadian River. In 1846 he was sent west to join the army of General Kearney in the war against Mexico, returning to Fort Leavenworth in the following year. It was during this time that he acquired a new species of bird, which was named the Abert's Towhee in his honour. He served with the Union Army during the American Civil War, was wounded in battle, and retired as a colonel in 1884.

[edit] Later life

After the Civil War, he became a professor of mathematics and drawing at the University of Missouri. His original watercolors are now privately owned.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

• Who's Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967.

[edit] Further reading

• The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History. The Society. 1884. http://books.google.com/books?id=f4MUAAAAYAAJ. 
• The Auk, Volume 22. American Ornithologists' Union. 1905. http://books.google.com/books?id=9GZxaRT8xxwC. 
• Abert, James (1979). Program evaluation at HEW: research versus reality, Part 1. M. Dekker. ISBN 0824767101. http://books.google.com/books?id=CtqGAAAAIAAJ. 
• Minge, Ward (1976). Acoma: pueblo in the sky. University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 0826304176. http://books.google.com/books?id=id51AAAAMAAJ. 

[edit] External links

• Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Abert Expedition

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NAME	Abert, James William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Union Army officer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 18, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	August 10, 1897
PLACE OF DEATH

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