Samuel Langley Appointed Acting Secretary
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PrintSmithsonian Board of Regents Chancellor Morrison R. Waite appoints Professor Samuel P. Langley as Acting Secretary, in consequence of the forced absence of Secretary Spencer F. Baird, by reason of sickness. Assistant Secretary Langley serves as Acting Secretary until he is elected Secretary on November 18, 1887, after Secretary Baird's death on August 19, 1887.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1887. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1889, p. 3.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
February 10, 1887