Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823–1887)
Author of Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
About the Author
Image credit: (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division LC-DIG-cwpbh-03689)
Works by Spencer Fullerton Baird
Correspondence Between Spencer Fullerton Baird and Louis Agassiz - Two Pioneer American Naturalists (1963) 5 copies
The mammals of North America; the descriptions of species based chiefly on the collections in the museum of the… (1974) 3 copies
Pacific RR Reports, v.9 2 copies
The water birds of North America 2 copies
Pacific RR Reports, v.8 2 copies
Associated Works
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1823-02-03
- Date of death
- 1887-08-19
- Burial location
- Oak Hill Cemetery Georgetown, Washington, District of Columbia
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
- Place of death
- Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
- Occupations
- herpetologist
ichthyologist
ornithologist
naturalist
museum curator - Organizations
- Smithsonian Institution (curator)
- Awards and honors
- Rumford Prize (1915)
Henry Draper Medal (1910)
Members
You May Also Like
Associated Authors
Statistics
- Works
- 19
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 39
- Popularity
- #376,657
- Rating
- 3.8
- ISBNs
- 5