author
Harold Brough Shinn
b. 1877
Best known as a co-author of early twentieth-century science teaching books, this Chicago educator helped shape practical biology lessons for high school students. His surviving work has a clear classroom focus, making nature study feel organized, hands-on, and approachable.
1 Audiobook
A Guide for the Study of Animals
by Worrallo Whitney, Frederic Colby Lucas, Harold Brough Shinn, Mabel Elizabeth Smallwood
About the author
Harold Brough Shinn was an American educator and writer born in 1877. Reliable library and public-domain book records identify him as a co-author of A Guide for the Study of Animals (1911), a school text prepared in connection with the Biology Round Table of the Chicago High Schools.
His published work suggests a strong interest in science education, especially in helping secondary-school students study animals and the natural world in a structured way. Public-domain listings also connect him with Guide to the Systematic Use of the North American Bird and Nature Study, another title aimed at practical classroom and field study.
Some catalog and volunteer-run sources indicate that he worked in Chicago schools and died in 1930, but detailed biographical information appears limited in the readily available record. What does come through clearly is his role in an educational movement that tried to make biology teaching more useful, observational, and student-friendly.