Stejneger Appointed Curator of Reptiles

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Summary

Leonhard Stejneger becomes curator of the Department of Reptiles and Batrachians. He will serve until 1943.

Subject

  • Stejneger, Leonhard 1851-1943
  • United States National Museum

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Guide to Smithsonian Archives. Archives and Special Collections of the Smithsonian Institution Number 4. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983, p. 60.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1889

Topic

  • Herpetology
  • Museums
  • New Departments
  • Museum curators

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