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Charles Alan Long
b. 1936
A lifelong naturalist and teacher, he wrote widely on mammals and natural history while also leaving room for poetry and fiction. His work reflects an unusually broad career that moved between science, museums, and creative writing.
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About the author
Charles Alan Long was an American biologist, museum director, and author born in 1936. Reliable sources about his published work describe him as a longtime professor at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, where he taught mammalogy and related subjects, founded the university’s Museum of Natural History in 1968, and served for many years as its director and curator.
His bibliography shows a strong focus on zoology and natural history, including books on mammals of Wisconsin, Wyoming, and the wider world. Those same sources also show a second side to his writing life: later publications included poetry and fiction, suggesting a career that ranged well beyond academic science.
That mix of careful scholarship and personal expression makes his body of work especially distinctive. Across scientific studies, museum work, and creative books, he appears as a writer driven by curiosity, observation, and a long commitment to learning.