George Adelbert "Bart" Bartholomew (June 1, 1919 – October 2, 2006) was an American biologist.
He earned his PhD at Harvard University, but was associated during the rest of his long career, until his retirement in 1989, with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
[1] Bartholomew was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1981 and a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1985.
[2] Bartholomew was the inaugural (1993) recipient of the Cooper Ornithological Society’s Loye and Alden Miller Research Award, which is given in recognition of lifetime achievement in ornithological research.
[3] Bartholomew is also recognized for the large number of prolific scientists that trained under his supervision.