John Bernhard Smith
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Creator: Pearsall, G. Frank
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: April 1884
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7323, Box 16, Folder: 28
John Bernhard Smith (1858-1912), entomologist, Division of Insects, United States National Museum, was Assistant Curator, 1886-1889. The Division of Insects of the United States National Museum (USNM) had its origins in the deposit of personal collections in 1881 by Charles V. Riley, entomologist of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Smith left the Smithsonian in 1889 and went to Rutgers University, New Jersey, to become Professor of Entomology, Entomologist in the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station and in 1894, State Entomologist of New Jersey.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7323, Box 16, Folder: 28
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
April 1884
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SIA2012-8733
Number of Images: 1; Color: Sepia; Size: 4.53w x 6.86h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print