Alexander Phimister Proctor

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Alexander Phimister Proctor (September 27, 1860 – September 4, 1950) was an American sculptor with the contemporary reputation as one of the nation's foremost animaliers. Born in Bosanquet, Ontario, near the village of Arkona, Ontario, the son of Thirzah Smith (1832- ), herself daughter of a contractor on the Erie and Welland Canals, and Alexander...
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Alexander Phimister Proctor (September 27, 1860 – September 4, 1950) was an American sculptor with the contemporary reputation as one of the nation's foremost animaliers. Born in Bosanquet, Ontario, near the village of Arkona, Ontario, the son of Thirzah Smith (1832- ), herself daughter of a contractor on the Erie and Welland Canals, and Alexander Proctor (1822-alive 1904). The family left Canada in 1866 and moved to Denver, Colorado, when Alexander was six. Growing up on the frontier, Proctor early developed into a skilled woodsman and hunter-interests that remained with him for the rest of his life. In his autobiography, Sculptor in Buckskin, he spends as much ink, and seems to be as excited about, bagging his first bear and elk as he is about obtaining his first major commission. Along with his gun, Proctor took pencils and a sketching pad with him on his trips through the Rocky Mountains. As a hunter he always was careful to measure, draw, and sometimes dissect the animals that had crossed his gun sights.