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Shinn (CHARLES HOWARD an American)

CHARLES HOWARD, an American forester, born in Austin, Tex., in 1852. He was educated at the University of California, and Johns Hopkins University. From 1879 to 1889 he taught school and engaged in newspaper and magazine work in San Francisco, Baltimore, and New York. In 1902 he became agent and expert of the United States Bureau of Forestry, and successively served as head forest ranger, Department of the Interior; supervisor of the Sierra National Forest, California; and forest examiner, district five. He was a member of various domestic and foreign arboricultural and horticultural societies. He published, besides many papers, reports, articles, and monographs on forestry, social science, and literary topics, "Land Laws of Mining Districts" (1884) "Mining Camps" (1885); "Co-operation on the Pacific Coast" (1888); "Story of a Mine" ( 1890). He also acted as associate editor of Bailey's Standard Cyclopædia of American Horticulture" (6 volumes).