Description: [view in English][edan-image:id=siris_sic_9793,size=200,left]William y Lucile Mann juntos construyeron una carrera en las ciencias naturales. Combinaron los conocimientos científicos y contactos institucionales de él con el talento como escritora y publicista de ella.De niño, William Mann se escapó de su casa, en Helena, Montana, con la ilusión de trabajar en el circo, pero
Description: [view in Spanish]As a young artist living in Washington, William H. Holmes began sketching specimens for scientists at the U.S. National Museum. Based on that experience, he was invited to join the U.S. GeologicalSurvey of the Territories under the command of Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden in 1872.During his early years in the western territories, Holmes refined his skills as an
Description: [view in English]Holmes nació cerca de Cadiz, Ohio, en el mismo año del Smithsonian, 1846. Su vida estuvo ligado intimamente a la institución la edad de veinte y cinco años hasta que se jubiló en 1932 a la edad de 86 años.Empezó su trabajo como artista dibujando especímenes para un grupo de naturalistas empleado por Spencer Fullerton Baird, quien por entonces era subsecretario
Description: [view in Spanish][edan-image:id=siris_sic_9227,size=200,left]The foremost grass specialist of her time ended her formal education after grammar school. She began collecting and illustrating plants in her twenties, and was hired by Chicago's Field Museum in 1901 and later as a botanical illustrator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Scientific illustration was a way for
Description: [view in Spanish][edan-image:id=siris_arc_296726,size=200,left]Carlos de la Torre y la Huerta was the foremost Cuban naturalist of his era, following in the footsteps of Felipe Poey. De la Torre was a naturalist of the old school, with broad interests in natural history. He focused his research on mollusks, both living and paleontological specimens. He collaborated for many