Harold C. Bryant

Harold Child Bryant (30 January 1886 – 14 July 1968) was an American ornithologist and zoologist who served in the US National Park Service and was involved in the establishment of the system of park naturalists.

Bryant was born in Pasadena and was educated BS from Pomona College followed by an MS and PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.

He then worked at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology from 1910 to 1927 serving also as a field trip leader for the University of California Extension department.

[2] In 1930 he became an assistant director for the research and education branch of the National Park Service.

[3] He retired in 1954 and received a Distinguished Service Award from the Department of the Interior.