Charles Almanzo Babcock (1847–1922[1]) was a late-nineteenth-century superintendent of schools in Oil City, Pennsylvania.
[2][3] He is credited[3] with launching Bird Day, a day to celebrate birds in American schools, on May 4.
The first Bird Day was celebrated in Oil City schools in 1894,[4] and by 1901 the practice was well established.
[5] His wife was the author Emma Whitcomb Babcock.
This article about an American writer is a stub.