Dr. Edward S. Ayensu

Summary

Dr. Edward Ayensu, Ghanaian economist, scientist, and Chairman, Department of Botany (from 1976 Smithsonian Institution Phone Directory), National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., is seated in front of a microscope and holds a slide in his hand. A box holding additional slides is on the table. A map of Africa is on the wall behind him.

Subject

• Ayensu, Edward S
• Office of Biological Conservation
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Endangered Species Program
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Botany

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• Kjell Bloch Sandved of the Office of Exhibits, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), at the commission of Porter Kier, then Director, NMNH, prepared these photographic materials to document personnel and activities of NMNH in 1975.
• See image numbers SIA2013-03860, SIA-2013-03861, SIA2013-03863, SIA2013-03864, and SIA2013-03865 for additional photos of Dr. Ayensu.
• In 1978, the Smithsonian Office of Biological Conservation was established with Edward S. Ayensu as director. The responsibility of this office is to coordinate the various environmental conservation activities already in progress in the Institution and encourage a variety of new projects related to environmental conservation, especially within the area of staff interest. In 1978, he together with Robert DeFlipps authored a Smithsonian Institution reference book entitled "Endangered and Threatened Plants of the United States."
• Ayensu received a doctoral degree in the biological sciences from the University of London and is the author of numerous books and articles on science, technology and the social and economic development of developing countries.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95-013, Box 1, Folder: 1: A-Kier

Contact information

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

Date

1975

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Equipment
• Scientific apparatus and instruments
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Botany
• Employees
• Scientists
• Microscopes
• Biologists
• Research
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees
• Botanists
• Research--Equipment and supplies
• Africans
• Maps

Form/Genre

• Person, candid
• Slide

ID Number

SIA2013-03862

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 1 3/8w x 1h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Slide

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