Wilson A. Bentley

1865-1931His Life and His Work

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Wilson A. Bentley

— From “Bentley’s Contribution,”Burlington Free PressBurlington, Vermont

December 24, 1931

“He saw something in thesnowflakes which other menfailed to see, not because theycould not see, but because theyhad not the patience to look.”

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Wilson A. Bentley

5381 photomicrographsphotographs taken through amicroscope — 2500 pictures

Snow Crystals (1931)Jericho, Vermont

Vermont dairy farmerWriterMusicianScientistPhotographer

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Wilson A. Bentley

Jericho Historical Society’sOfficial Snowflake Bentley Web Site

Read more about Wilson A.Bentley, and his work, at the Buffalo Museum of Science’s digital library in support of the Bentley Snow Crystal Collection

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Wilson A. Bentley

Jericho Historical Society’sOfficial Snowflake Bentley Web Site

Read more about Wilson A.Bentley, and his work, at the Buffalo Museum of Science’s digital library in support of the Bentley Snow Crystal Collection

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Wilson A. Bentley

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How old was Wilson A. Bentley when he died?

Wilson A. Bentley

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Facts: Born February 9, 1865Died December 23, 1931

Wilson A. Bentley

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Answer: 66 years 1931-1865

66

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How many years did Bentleyuse his microscope to photograph snowflakes?

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Fact: Wilson A. Bentley received his first microscope on his seventeenth birthday.

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Fact: Wilson A. Bentley received his first microscope on his seventeenth birthday.

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Answer: 49 years 66 died

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1865-1931His Life and His Work

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Wilson A. Bentley

Research additional information about Wilson A. Bentley and create a trivia game using questions about Bentley and his life. There are books that show many of Bentley’s snowflake photographs and there are fictional books that include Bentley in the fictional tale. For example: Johanna Hurwitz wrote a book Faraway Summer which includes Bentley as a host in the Fresh Air project that provided a summer experience in the Vermont countryside for children from the urban Jewish tenements in New York city. The book coincidently is illustrated by Mary Azarian who also is the illustrator of Snowflake Bentley.

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