Henry to Receive Honor from King of Sweden

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Date: April 20, 1871

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Summary

United States Congress approves a "joint resolution giving the consent of Congress to Professor Joseph Henry, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to accept the title and regalia of a Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olaf, conferred upon him by the King of Sweden and Norway, grand master of said order."

Subject

  • Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
  • Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olaf
  • United States Congress

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Joseph Henry (1797-1878), physicist and first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1846 to 1878, seated in a chair, c. 1870s. Smithsonian Institution Archives, negative number mah-781
  • Rhees, William Jones. The Smithsonian Institution: Documents Relative to Its Origin and History: 1835-1899, Vol. 1, 1835-1887. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1901., p. 692
  • Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, volume 42, p. 692

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

Date

April 20, 1871

Topic

  • Awards
  • Secretaries

Place

  • Sweden
  • Norway

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