He graduated from Harvard with a degree in physics and began teaching math and science in Vermont. Robbins then joined the Service in 1945 as a junior biologist at Patuxent Research Refuge, where he engaged in early research on the effects of DDT and had his papers edited by his colleague Rachel Carson. — more from US FWS …
- National Audubon Society, In Memory of Chandler S. Robbins, 21 Mar 2017, http://www.audubon.org/news/in-memory-chandler-s-robbins
- Darryl Fears, This humble scientist, a ‘national treasure,’ showed us how to understand birds, Washington Post, 24 Mar 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/03/24/this-humble-scientist-a-national-treasure-showed-us-how-to-understand-birds/
- Dylan Brown, E&E News reporter, Pioneering federal ornithologist dies at 98, 22 Mar 2017, http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2017/03/22/stories/1060051892
- Chandler Robbins, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandler_Robbins
- Emily Langer, Chandler Robbins, friend to birds and birdwatchers, dies at 98, Washington Post, 23 Mar 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/chandler-robbins-friend-to-birds-and-birdwatchers-dies-at-98/2017/03/23/d7c331b0-0f44-11e7-9b0d-d27c98455440_story.html?utm_term=.b4c764d665cf
- Renowned FWS Ornithologist Chandler Robbins Dies, US FWS, 21 Mar 2017, https://www.fws.gov/news/blog/index.cfm/2017/3/21/Renowned-FWS-Ornithologist-Chandler-Robbins-Dies