Spencer Fullerton Baird
Naturalist
Died when: 64 years 197 days (774 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Spencer Fullerton Baird (/'b??rd/;February 3, 1823 – August 19, 1887) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, and museum curator.Baird was the first curator to be named at the Smithsonian Institution.
He eventually served as assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian from 1850 to 1878, and as Secretary from 1878 until 1887.He was dedicated to expanding the natural history collections of the Smithsonian which he increased from 6,000 specimens in 1850 to over 2 million by the time of his death.
He published over 1,000 works during his lifetime.
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