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Summary

Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection." This volume will greatly influence Spencer F. Baird, a naturalist who is the Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum at the Smithsonian.

Subject

  • Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887
  • Darwin, Charles 1809-1882
  • Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum
  • On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (Monograph)
  • United States National Museum

Notes

Key Book of Facts, New York, p. 174

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Date

1859

Topic

  • Inaugural Edition
  • Natural History
  • Evolution
  • Museums
  • Natural history
  • Museum publications

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