January
Washington Academy of Sciences Is Incorporated
Year:
1898
Month:
february
Day:
18
Date:
Fri, 1898-02-18
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The Washington Academy of Sciences is incorporated, based on a constitution drafted by Acting Assistant Secretary Charles Doolittle Walcott, who is also elected president in 1899. Many of the Smithsonian's scientific staff become charter members of the Academy.