Memories of Professor Baird

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Summary

Brief biographical sketch of Spencer Fullerton Baird, second Secretary of the Smithsonian, includes Goode's reminiscences of him. Details his childhood, ornithological collections, publications, and research. Divides Baird's career into seven major areas of concentration, research and publications in vertebrate zoology, editorships, museum education, science administrator, science networker, and head of the United States Fish Commission.

Subject

  • Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887
  • Goode, G. Brown (George Brown) 1851-1896
  • United States Fish Commission

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

The Chautauquan Vol. 9 (Journal)

Contact information

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

Date

1888

Topic

  • Animals
  • Education
  • Editors
  • Secretaries
  • Zoology
  • SI, Early History
  • Birds
  • Museums
  • National Collections
  • Biography
  • Museums--Educational aspects
  • Ornithology
  • Museum publications

Physical description

pp. 21-24

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