His mother encouraged his interest in learning. She took him on trips, bought s him telescopes, microscopes, cameras, mounting materials, and other equipment and helped him in many other ways. When he didn’t have things to do, she helped him by finding work for him, not physical work but learning things.
His mother also got him a children’s book called “The Travels of Monarch X” which was about how monarch butterflies migrate to Central America. This book opened the world of science to the eager young collector and became a turning point in his life.
