Nathaniel Hillyer Egleston (May 7, 1822 – August 24, 1912) was an American clergyman and forester who served as the second chief of the United States Division of Forestry, which would later become the U.S. Forest Service. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale College in 1840, continuing to study theology at the Yale Divinity School. He helped found the American Congregational Union in 1853 and was one of the founders of the Chicago Theological Seminary, and an editor of the Congregational Herald. In 1882 he became a vice president of the American Forestry Association, and served as chief of the Division of Forestry from 1883 to 1886. (From Wikipedia) More about Nathaniel Hillyer Egleston:
| | Books by Nathaniel Hillyer Egleston: Additional books by Nathaniel Hillyer Egleston in the extended shelves: Egleston, Nathaniel Hillyer, 1822-1912: Arbor day leaves. (American book co., 1893) (page images at HathiTrust) Egleston, Nathaniel Hillyer, 1822-1912: Arbor Day leaves : a hand-book for Arbor Day celebrations and general reading (American Book Co., 1891) (page images at HathiTrust) Egleston, Nathaniel Hillyer, 1822-1912: Hand-book of tree-planting; or, Why to plant, where to plant, what to plant, how to plant (D. Appleton and company, 1903) (page images at HathiTrust) Egleston, Nathaniel Hillyer, 1822-1912: Handbook of tree planting (D. Appleton and Company, 1,3, and 5 Bond Street, 1884), also by Carl A. Schenck Collection (North Carolina State University) (page images at HathiTrust) Egleston, Nathaniel Hillyer, 1822-1912: The home and its surroundings, or, Villages and village life. (Harper, 1884) (page images at HathiTrust) Egleston, Nathaniel Hillyer, 1822-1912: Our country, past and prospective. Giving a brief description of the colonial period; also a description and a complete statement in facts and figures of the wonderful advance during the national period in population and all the great national industries ... the prospective progress, for the coming one hundred years, of the same subjects ... (L. Stebbins, 1878) (page images at HathiTrust) Egleston, Nathaniel Hillyer, 1822-1912: Reasons for thanksgiving. A discourse to the Congregational church and society, in Stockbridge, Mass., on the day of annual thanksgiving, November 21, 1861. (H. Chickering, printer, 1861) (page images at HathiTrust) Egleston, Nathaniel Hillyer, 1822-1912: Religion in politics; a discourse to the Congregational church and society in Madison, Wisconsin (Atwood & Rublee, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust) Egleston, Nathaniel Hillyer, 1822-1912: Report on forestry (G.P.O., in the 19th century), also by United States Forest Service (page images at HathiTrust) Egleston, Nathaniel Hillyer, 1822-1912: Report on forestry ... (Govt. Print. Off., 1878), also by United States. Dept. of Agriculture, Franklin Benjamin Hough, and United States. Division of Forestry (page images at HathiTrust) Egleston, Nathaniel Hillyer, 1822-1912: Report on forestry v.3 (Govt. Print. Off., 1878), also by United States Forest Service, Franklin B. Hough, and United States Department of Agriculture (page images at HathiTrust) Egleston, Nathaniel Hillyer, 1822-1912: Report upon forestry (G.P.O., 1877), also by Franklin B. Hough, United States Department of Agriculture, and United States Forest Service (page images at HathiTrust) Egleston, Nathaniel Hillyer, 1822-1912: Statistics of the class of 1840, from 1840 to 1870, with notices of their meetings held at Yale College, July 25, 1860; July 25, 1866; and July 20, 1870. 1840 (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1871), also by Yale University. Class of 1840 (page images at HathiTrust) Egleston, Nathaniel Hillyer, 1822-1912: Villages and village life, with hints for their improvement. (Harper & brothers, 1878) (page images at HathiTrust) Egleston, Nathaniel Hillyer, 1822-1912: Why to plant, where to plant, how to plant (D. Appleton and Company, 1884) (page images at HathiTrust) Egleston, Nathaniel Hillyer, 1822-1912: Williamstown and Williams College (Williamstown, Mass., 1884) (page images at HathiTrust)
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