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Type of entity
Person
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Way, Winfield Scott
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Description area
Dates of existence
1848-1930
History
Winfield Scott Way was born in November 1848 in Maryland.
He was both a writer and a naturalist. As Secretary of the Florida Audubon Society, he worked to protect wild birds and their habitats. In 1919, he reported on the group’s efforts to improve bird and game laws, noting problems like weak enforcement and not enough funding. He also supported creating bird sanctuaries as a good way to help conservation.
In 1875, he married Kate A. Pate (1858–1921), and in 1921, he remarried Isabel Eve Stewart (1904–1978). He died on January 18, 1930, in Los Angeles, California.