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,
Description: [view in English][edan-image:id=siris_sic_6874,size=185,left]Alexander Wetmore, Sexto Secretario del Smithsonian, se interesó desde muy joven en la historia natural y publicó su primer trabajo sobre aves a los trece años. Recibió su B.S.de la Universidad de Kansas (1912) y su Maestría y Doctorado de la Universidad de George Washington (1916 & 1920).En 1924 Wetmore entró al
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