Smithsonian Institution correspondence [microform], 18uu.

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Smithsonian Institution correspondence [microform], 18uu.

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Correspondence between Spencer F. Baird and B. F. & N. S. Goss. Baird was secretary of the Smithsonian. B. F. and N. S. Goss were ornithologists. Some of the correspondence relates to the N. S. Goss Alaskan expedition.

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Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887

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At only 27, the ornithologist Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887) was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, a precocious appointment that suited a precocious scientist. Born into a well to do family in Reading, Pa., and raised in Carlisle, Baird acquired an interest in natural history even prior to enrolling at Dickinson College at age 13. Although he was not an outstanding student, he was unusually committed to his course in life, keeping meticulous notes of ...

Smithsonian Institution

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The Smithsonian Institution was established on August 10, 1846, is a group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government. The institution is named after its founding donor, British scientist James Smithson. Originally organized as the United States National Museum.James Smithson (1765-1829), a British scientist, left his estate to the United States to found “at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusio...

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Goss, B. F., 19th cent.

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