Results for "France"
Jean Louis Berlandier: The Path from Geneva to Mexico
- Date: June 5, 2014
- Creator: Tad Bennicoff
- Description: A brief narrative on Jean Louis Berlandier, a French naturalist, and one of the first scientists to observe, collect , and document the natural history specimens of southeastern Texas and northeastern Mexico.
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Family Vacation
- Date: March 24, 2009
- Creator: Tad Bennicoff
- Description: In celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, this is the third in a series of installments from Smithsonian Institution Archives staff highlighting women in science photographs. We will post portraits of women science here throughout the month.
Thomas R. Henry: Soldier, Explorer, Scientist, Journalist
- Date: November 6, 2014
- Creator: Tad Bennicoff
- Description: A brief biographical sketch of Thomas R. Henry, who served in WWI, was a War Correspondent in the field during WWII, participated in the “Operation High Jump” exploration of Antarctica (1946-1947,) served the Smithsonian as a press writer, and The Washington Evening Star as a science writer.
Summer Wind to Ban-y-Bryn
- Date: July 25, 2013
- Creator: Tad Bennicoff
- Description: This blog piece is about summer weather in Washington, DC, the Alice Pike Barney collections here at SIA, and the Barney’s “summer cottage” in Bar Harbor, ME, “Ban-y-Bryn.”