Samuel Scoville

Samuel Scoville Jr. (June 9, 1872 – December 4, 1950) was an American writer, naturalist, and lawyer.

Early life and education Samuel Scoville Jr. was born on June 9, 1872, in Norwich, New York, the son of Harriet Eliza (Beecher) (1838–1912) and Samuel Scoville Sr. (1834–1902). He attended Stamford High School. Man and Beast (Harcourt Brace, 1926) is a work of fiction for children about animals of the jungle. Wild Honey (Little, Brown, 1929) is a book of essays for adults about the natural world of the East Coast of North America.

As a naturalist, Scoville published a few articles about ornithology in The Auk (now Ornithology) and The Yale Review. From 1916, he was an associate member of the American Ornithologists' Union (now the American Ornithological Society).

Publications

Books Brave Deeds of Union Soldiers (1915) Boy Scouts in the Wilderness (1919) Everyday Adventures (1920) Wild Folk (1922) More Wild Folk (1924) Man and Beast (1926) Lords of the Wild (1928) Alice in Blunderland (1934) On April 23, he was shot by a burglar at his home, but survived. shortly after admission to Bryn Mawr Hospital.