The Three Secretaries

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Summary

Biographical essays on the first three Smithsonian Secretaries, Joseph Henry, Spencer Fullerton Baird, and Samuel Pierpoint Langley. Covers their family histories, education, research and contributions to the development of the Smithsonian Institution.

Subject

  • Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887
  • Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
  • Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896, The History of its First Half Century (Book)

Contact information

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

Date

1897

Topic

  • Secretaries
  • SI, Early History
  • Biography

Physical description

pp. 115-234

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