Margaret Morse Nice, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Margaret Morse Nice

ornithologist

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1883

Place of Birth: Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 26-Jun-1974

Profession: ornithologist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Margaret Morse Nice (December 6, 1883 – June 26, 1974) was an American ornithologist, ethologist, and child psychologist who made an extensive study of the life history of the song sparrow and was author of Studies in the Life History of the Song Sparrow (1937).
She observed and recorded hierarchies in chicken about three decades ahead of Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe who coined the term "pecking order".
After her marriage, she made observations on language learning in her children and wrote numerous research papers.