Grinnell, George Bird (1849–1938)

US naturalist and author. In 1876 he became an editor with Forest and Stream magazine; as editor-in-chief from 1880–1911, he made it the country's leading natural history journal. A founder of the Audubon Society (1886) and the New York Zoological Society, he tirelessly promoted national parks and wildlife preserves. Glacier National Park (1910) was created owing largely to his efforts.

Grinnell was born in Brooklyn, New York. An 1870 Yale graduate, he worked as a banker for four years before joining a Black Hills expedition (led by Lt Colonel George Armstrong Custer) as a naturalist. He published several books on Indian lore, hunting, and natural history, as well as a series for boys about the outdoors.