George E. Maxon – “A Capable Field-Man, A True Bird Lover”

Authors

Stanley D. Casto, University of Mary Hardin-BaylorFollow
Horace R. Burke, Texas A&M UniversityFollow

Publication Date

9-1-2009

Abstract

George Emmett Maxon (1894–1957) began collecting birds’ eggs at Fort Worth, Texas, during his teenage years. During 1916-1917, while serving in the National Guard, he collected eggs and made observations in the Big Bend Region of Texas. Maxon worked as a Deputy United States Game Warden and a florist in Fort Worth before moving to Vernon, Texas, where he opened a plant nursery and began to collect with Robert Lee More. Maxon’s eggs were eventually incorporated into More’s much larger collection, which is still housed in Vernon. All of Maxon’s observations and reports were published in The Oologist, a trade journal for collectors.

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Casto, Stanley D. and Burke, Horace R. (2009) "George E. Maxon – “A Capable Field-Man, A True Bird Lover”," Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society: Vol. 42: Iss. 1, Article 7.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tos_bulletin/vol42/iss1/7