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John Eliot “Colonel Thayer” Thayer

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Birth	:	3 Apr 1862 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death	:	29 Jul 1933 Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial	:	Old Settlers Burial Yard, Lancaster, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.4488754, -71.6742706
Inscription	:	"God gives all men all earth to love, but since man's heart is small, ordains for each one spot shall prove beloved over all."
Description	:	Parents: Nathaniel and Cornelia Patterson (Van Rensselaer) Thayer. Husband of Evelyn Duncan (Forbes) Thayer. Married: June 22, 1886, Clinton, MA. Graduated from Harvard University in 1885. He was an amateur ornithologist. He became interested in ornithology in the mid 1890s, building up a collection which he housed in a museum in the main street of Lancaster. He used his wealth to sponsor various natural history expeditions and in 1906 he sent Wilmot W. Brown to Guadalupe Island in Mexico. Here, Brown discovered that the natural vegetation was being destroyed by thousands of goats, to the detriment of the native wildlife. The native... Read More	Parents: Nathaniel and Cornelia Patterson (Van Rensselaer) Thayer. Husband of Evelyn Duncan (Forbes) Thayer. Married: June 22, 1886, Clinton, MA. Graduated from Harvard University in 1885. He was an amateur ornithologist. He became interested in ornithology in the mid 1890s, building up a collection which he housed in a museum in the main street of Lancaster. He used his wealth to sponsor various natural history expeditions and in 1906 he sent Wilmot W. Brown to Guadalupe Island in Mexico. Here, Brown discovered that the natural vegetation was being destroyed by thousands of goats, to the detriment of the native wildlife. The native Guadalupe Storm-petrel was being predated by introduced cats, as was the Guadalupe Flicker. Both birds became extinct shortly afterwards. Thayer and Outram Bangs wrote an article in ''The Condor'' to draw attention to the situation. In 1913 Thayer and other Harvard graduates sponsored an expedition to Alaska and Siberia, with Joseph S. Dixon and Winthrop Sprague Brooks as zoological collectors. A gull collected by Brooks on this trip was named ''Larus thayeri'' in Thayer's honour. John Eliot Thayer became ill in 1928, and donated his collection of 28,000 skins and 15,000 eggs and nests to Harvard University. These included the first clutches ever collected of Spoon-billed Sandpiper and Surfbird. After Thayer's death Harvard received his collection of 3,500 mounted birds. He and his brother Bayard Thayer were twins.

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John Eliot “Colonel Thayer” Thayer's memorial is located at: Old Settlers Burial Yard, Lancaster, Worcester County, USA.
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John Eliot “Colonel Thayer” Thayer death on 29 Jul 1933 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
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Latitude: 42.4488754
Longitude: -71.6742706

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Evelyn Duncan Forbes Thayer

(1862 - 1943)

Siblings

Nathaniel Thayer

(1851 - 1911)

Harriet Van Rensselaer Thayer Andrew

(1853 - 1891)

Eugene Van Rensselaer Thayer Sr.

(1855 - 1907)

Bayard Thayer

(1862 - 1916)

Children

(unknow - unknow)

Duncan Forbes Thayer

(1900 - 1957)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Old Settlers Burial Yard
Lancaster, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4488754, -71.6742706

2. Middle Cemetery
Lancaster, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4491997, -71.6757965

3. Old Common Burial Ground
Lancaster, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4426700, -71.6645300

4. Eastwood Cemetery
Lancaster, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4417000, -71.6528015

5. Thayer Cemetery
Lancaster, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4578500, -71.7024400

6. Saint John's Cemetery
Lancaster, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4328003, -71.6977997

7. North Village Cemetery
Lancaster, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4724998, -71.6778030

8. Woodlawn Cemetery
Clinton, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4185982, -71.6889038

9. West Burying Ground
Bolton, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4488983, -71.6300964

10. Reservoir Pines Cemetery
Clinton, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4084900, -71.7109700

11. Saint Benedict Center Cemetery
Harvard, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4827900, -71.6231900

12. Old South Burying Ground
Bolton, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4231000, -71.6096500

13. Fairbank Burial Ground
Sterling, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4152600, -71.7320000

14. Friends Burial Ground
Bolton, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4133620, -71.6176710

15. Hillside Cemetery
Sterling, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4410000, -71.7492570

16. Oak Hill Cemetery
Sterling, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4417000, -71.7493973

17. Old Fry Burying Ground
Bolton, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4077300, -71.6209900

18. North Cemetery
Berlin, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4037000, -71.6225100

19. Chocksett Burial Ground
Sterling, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4377000, -71.7555400

20. North Burial Ground
Lancaster, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5134048, -71.6627274

21. Pan Burying Ground
Bolton, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4305992, -71.5894012

22. West Cemetery
Sterling, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4514100, -71.7651400

23. Smallpox Cemetery
Bolton, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4511700, -71.5832800

24. Bellevue Cemetery
Harvard, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4958000, -71.6055984