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Spencer F. Baird

1823 - 1887

Professor at Dickinson College, 1845-1850. Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1850-1878. Appointed second Secretary of the Smithsonian in 1878 and served until his death.

Discipline: Zoology

AAAS offices held:

• Permanent Secretary, 1851 - 1854

Related Archives:

• Smithsonian Institution Archives
  http://www.si.edu/archives
  
  
• American Philosophical Society Library (Philadelphia, PA)
  http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/