Bradford Torrey (October 9, 1843 – October 7, 1912) was an Americanornithologist.

Bradford Torrey was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts on October 9, 1843.^[1] He was educated in the public schools of Weymouth, taught for two years, and subsequently engaged in business inBoston. In 1886, he became an assistant editor of theYouth's Companion. He was also a frequent contributor to periodicals.^[1]

Torrey devoted much time to the study of birds, their habits, peculiarities, and domestic traits. He died inSanta Barbara, California on October 7, 1912.^[2]

• Birds in the Bush (1885)
• A Rambler's lease (1892)
• The Foot-Path Way (1893)
• A Florida Sketch-Book (1895)
• Spring Notes from Tennessee (1896)
• A World of Green Hills (1898)
• Every-Day Birds (1901)
• The Clerk of the Woods (1904)
• Field-days in California (1913)

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Wilson, J. G.;Fiske, J., eds. (1889)."Torrey, Bradford" .Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.

• O'Donnell, Kevin E. (2008). "Bradford Torrey". In Daniel Patterson; et al. (eds.).Early American Nature Writers. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.

• Works by Bradford Torrey atProject Gutenberg
• Works by or about Bradford Torrey at theInternet Archive
• Works by Bradford Torrey atLibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

• 1843 births
• 1912 deaths
• American ornithologists
• People from Weymouth, Massachusetts

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