• American
  
  • born in Jericho, Vermont on Feb. 9, 1865
    
  • named Wilson Bentley and nicknamed "The Snowflake Man"
    
  • has a monument in his honor in his hometown of Jericho
    
• Photographer
  
  • got a camera with microscope when he was a teenager
    
  • took the first photos of snowflakes ever made
    
• Musician
  
  • started a city band with his brother and friends in Jericho
    
  • enjoying playing the piano and singing songs
    
• Uncle
  
  • had nieces and nephews who lived next door to him
    
  • played games, sang songs, and told stories with the children
    
  • went maple sugaring every spring and had a sugaring off party
    
• Farmer
  
  • had sugar maple trees on the farm
    
  • shared a farm with his brother
    
• Scientist
  
  • studied and photographed snowflakes every winter
    
  • used a camera with a microscope to take pictures of snowflakes
    
  • was patient and never gave up, even when his experiments didn't work and people thought he was a little strange
    
• Author
  
  • published a famous book with his photographs
    
  • honored when his book was used by colleges and universities to study snowflakes
    
• Lifelong Learner
  
  • learned by reading encyclopedias and taught by his mother
    
  • studied snowflakes his whole life all year long, not just in the wintertime