death_date death_place birth_place subject nationality notableworks birth_date image article_title name occupation
28 july 1996 old lyme , connecticut jamestown , new york birds american wild america , the peterson field guides 28 august 1908 roger tory peterson.jpg roger tory peterson
 roger tory peterson author , ornithologist , naturalist
roger tory peterson

roger tory peterson -lrb- august 28 , 1908 -- july 28 , 1996 -rrb- was an american naturalist , ornithologist , artist , and educator , and held to be one of the founding inspirations for the 20th-century environmental movement .
