Alfred Marshall Bailey

Alfred Marshall Bailey (far left) in 1927. Abyssinian Expedition. Alfred Marshall Bailey (February 18, 1894 – February 25, 1978) was an American ornithologist who was associated with the Denver Museum of Natural History (now the Denver Museum of Nature and Science) in Colorado for most of his working life.

Early years

Bailey was born in Iowa City, Iowa, where he went to school and then attended the University of Iowa. While a student there he participated in a three-month scientific expedition to Laysan, one of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. 1971 – Field Work of a Museum Naturalist: 1919–1922, Alaska-Southeast, Alaska-Far North. Museum Pictorial 22, Denver Museum of Natural History