Tooker, William Wallace, 1848 - 1917
Born in Sag Harbor, New York in 1848, William Wallace Tooker was the son of William and Virginia Tooker. One biography of him says that he began collecting Native relics at the age of 5. By 1895, Tooker had amassed nearly 15,00o items.Between 1888 and 1911, Tooker became well-known as a specialist in Coastal Algonquian culture, language, history, and place names, publishing twelve books, over fifty pamphlets, and over one hundred articles.