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Spencer Fullerton Baird (/ ˈ b ɛər d /; February 3, 1823 – August 19, 1887) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, and museum curator. Baird was the first curator to be named at the Smithsonian Institution.
North America. Spencer Fullerton Baird (born Feb. 3, 1823, Reading, Pa., U.S.—died Aug. 19, 1887, Woods Hole, Mass.) was an American naturalist, vertebrate zoologist, and in his time the leading authority on North American birds and mammals.
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The second Smithsonian Secretary, Spencer Fullerton Baird, served from 1878 to 1887. A naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, and renowned collector from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Baird dedicated his career to creating a strong US National Museum at the Smithsonian. Born in 1823 in Reading, Pennsylvania, Baird established himself at a very ...
Jun 17, 2021 · Meet Spencer Baird, naturalist, collector, and museum organizer who founded the field of fisheries science and much more. Spencer Fullerton Baird was born in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1823. Time spent as a child exploring the countryside with his brother fueled his passion for natural history.
In 1850 he hired a natural history curator, Spencer Fullerton Baird, who arrived at the Smithsonian with two railroad cars of natural history specimens and a dream that he would someday be the director of a great national museum. Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1823, Baird was a naturalist and inveterate collector.
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Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887), naturalist, ornithologist, first director of the United States National Museum (USNM), and second Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1878-1887), as a young man. 2005-3755.
Jun 8, 2018 · People. Science and Technology. Zoology: Biographies. Spencer Fullerton Baird. Baird, Spencer Fullerton. views 1,664,090 updated Jun 08 2018. Baird, Spencer Fullerton. ( b. Reading, Pennsylvania, 3 February 1823; d. Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 19 August 1887) zoology, scientific administration.
