Results for "Belfast Naturalists' Field Club"
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Stelfox, Arthur Wilson, 1883-1972
- Date: 1883 1972
Nora McMillan and Annotating Stelfox
- Date: March 23, 2017
- Description: More than two dozen field diaries by Irish naturalist Arthur Stelfox are housed in the Smithsonian Institution Archives--what a note left inside one field notebook tells us about his network of scientist colleagues.
Arthur Wilson Stelfox: Another Gift from the United Kingdom
- Date: July 23, 2020
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: With a large personal collection of specimens, Arthur Wilson Stelfox took steps to ensure his work will go on for decades to come.
- Finding Aid
SIA RU007379, Stelfox, Arthur Wilson 1883-1972, Arthur Wilson Stelfox Papers, 1904-1967
- Date: 1904 1904-1967
- Creator: Stelfox, Arthur Wilson, 1883-1972
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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The Megatherium Club
- Date: December 1, 2017
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_5844,size=200,left]The Megatherium Club, named after a giant extinct sloth that once roamed South America, consisted of an eccentric group of young naturalists aiming to build the Smithsonian’s collection. The club was formed in 1857 under zoologist William Stimpson, who held the club’s first meeting in his cottage before the members were asked to set
Washington Biologists' Field Club, circa 1900-1966 Records
- Date: 1900 1900-1966 circa 1900-1966
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution
Robert Kennicott, Explorer, in Field Outfit
- Date: c. 1860s
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
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Spencer Fullerton Baird
- Date: November 20, 2017
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9654,size=225,left]Spencer Fullerton Baird was a visionary and can be rightfully credited as a co-creator of the Megatherium Club. Through his position as Assistant Secretary at the Smithsonian, and then Secretary in 1878, Baird corresponded with many of the great naturalists and explorers of his time, in hopes that they would help build the
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Edward Drinker Cope
- Date: November 20, 2017
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_391590,size=250,left]Edward Drinker Cope, a paleontologist and a “very hard worker with a very good head” offered a great deal of findings to the Smithsonian and the world of science. Fellow Megatherium Club member Robert Kennicott notes in his letter “Folks at Home” that Cope is, “…bound to be one of the first naturalists of the age,” stating that
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Henry Bryant
- Date: November 27, 2017
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_5844,size=300,left]Henry Bryant was a member of the Megatherium Club and one of the naturalists who helped build the Smithsonian’s collection during the 1850s and 1860s. Born on May 12, 1820 in Boston, Massachusetts, Bryant gained an early education at Mr. Thayer’s school before proceeding to college at Mr. Welles’ school in Cambridge. His education
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Lucy Hunter Baird
- Date: November 20, 2017
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_388904,size=300,left]Lucy Hunter Baird, though not a regular attendee of the Megatherium Club, held its members near and dear to her heart, and “assumed, like her mother a maternal attitude toward these young gentlemen.” She watched out for the members of the club and reported back on the rumors and reports that were spreading about the club’s
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William Stimpson
- Date: November 20, 2017
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_391602,size=250,left]William Stimpson, co-creator of the Megatherium Club, was not only an exceptional zoologist, but also considered an extremely modest, warm-hearted friend, according to Robert Kennicott. Stimpson collected specimens for the Smithsonian’s invertebrate collection, of which he described 948 species.Stimpson was born on February 14,
