Spencer Fullerton Baird

Spencer Fullerton Baird (February 3, 1823 – August 19, 1887) was an American ornithologist and ichthyologist. From the NOAA, source: [1]. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... From the NOAA, source: [1]. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... Ornithology (from the Greek ornitha = chicken and logos = word/science) is the branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of birds. ... Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish. ...

Baird was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He graduated at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1840, and next year made an ornithological excursion through the mountains of Pennsylvania, walking, says one of his biographers, 400 miles in twenty-one days, and the last day 60 miles. In 1838 he met John James Audubon, and from then on his studies were largely ornithological, Audubon giving him a part of his own collection of birds. Reading (pronounced red - ing) is the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania. ... Dickinson College - Old West Cupola with Mermaid Dickinson College is a private liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... State nickname: The Keystone State Other U.S. States Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Governor Ed Rendell (D) Official languages None Area 119,283 km² (33rd)  - Land 116,074 km²  - Water 3,208 km² (2. ... 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... John James Audubon - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

After studying medicine for a time, Baird became professor of natural history in Dickinson College in 1845, assuming also the duties of the chair of chemistry, and giving instruction in physiology and mathematics. This variety of duties in a small college tended to give him that breadth of scientific interest which characterized him through life, and made him perhaps the most representative general man of science in America. For the long period between 1850 and 1878 he was assistant-secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, D.C., where he encouraged the work of the young naturalists in the Megatherium Club. On the death of Joseph Henry he became secretary. From 1871 until his death he was also U.S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Castle The Smithsonian Institution is a museum complex with most of its facilities in Washington D.C.. It consists of 16 museums, 7 research centers and 142 million items in its collections. ... The Megatherium Club was a group of Washington, D.C.-based scientists who were attracted to that city by the Smithsonian Institutions rapidly growing collection, from 1857 to 1866. ... Joseph Henry Joseph Henry (December 17, 1797 – May 13, 1878) was an American scientist. ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

While an officer of the Smithsonian, Baird's duties included the superintendence of the labour of workers in widely different lines. Thus, apart from his assistance to others, his own studies and published writings cover a broad range: iconography, geology, mineralogy, botany, anthropology, general zoology, and, in particular, ornithology; while for a series of years he edited an annual volume summarizing progress in all scientific lines of investigation. He gave general superintendence, between 1850 and 1860, to several government expeditions for scientific exploration of the western territories of the United States, preparing for them a manual of Instructions to Collectors. Salvator Mundi is an iconography depicting Christ with his right hand raised in blessing and his left hand holding an orb. ... Geology (from Greek γη- (ge-, the earth) and λογος (logos, word, reason)) is the science and study of the Earth, its composition, structure, physical properties, history, and the processes that shape it. ... Mineralogy is an earth science that involves the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals. ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... Anthropology (from the Greek word άνθρωπος = human) consists of the study of humankind (see genus Homo). ... Zoology (Greek zoon = animal and logos = word) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ...

Spencer Fullerton Baird

Of his own publications, the bibliography by G. Brown Goode, from 1843 to the close of 1882, includes 1063 entries, of which 775 were short articles in his Annual Record. His most important volumes, on the whole, were Catalog of North American Reptiles (1853, with Charles Frédéric Girard), Birds, in the series of reports of explorations and surveys for a railway route from the Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean (1858), of which Dr Elliott Coues says that it exerted an influence perhaps stronger and more widely felt than that of any of its predecessors, Audubon's and Wilson's not excepted, and marked an epoch in the history of American ornithology ; Mammals of North America: Descriptions based on Collections in the Smithsonian Institution (Philadelphia, 1859); and the monumental work (with Thomas Mayo Brewer and Robert Ridgway) History of North American Birds (Boston, 1875-1884; Land Birds, 3 vols., Water Birds, 2 vols). Download high resolution version (700x877, 188 KB)Spencer Fullerton Baird This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (700x877, 188 KB)Spencer Fullerton Baird This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... G. Brown Goode George Brown Goode (13 February 1851 - 6 September 1896), was an ichthyologist, although most of his time was spent as a museum administrator and he was very interested in the history of science, especially the history of the development of science in America. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... It has been suggested that Prehistoric reptile be merged into this article or section. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Charles Frédéric Girard (March 8, 1822 - January 29, 1895) was a French biologist specializing on ichthyology and herpetology. ... For other meanings of bird, see bird (disambiguation). ... Length 6,270 km Elevation of the source 450 m Average discharge Saint Louis¹: 5,500 m³/s Vicksburg²: 16,800 m³/s Baton Rouge³: 12,800 m³/s Area watershed 2,980,000 km² Origin Lake Itasca Mouth Gulf of Mexico Basin countries United States (98. ... Elliott Coues Elliott Coues (September 9, 1842 - December 25, 1899) was an American army surgeon, historian, ornithologist and author. ... For the 1970s MP of this name see Alexander Wilson (Scottish politician) Alexander Wilson Alexander Wilson ( July 6, 1766 – August 23, 1813) was a Scottish-born American poet, ornithologist, naturalist and illustrator. ... Orders Subclass Monotremata Monotremata Subclass Marsupialia Didelphimorphia Paucituberculata Microbiotheria Dasyuromorphia Peramelemorphia Notoryctemorphia Diprotodontia Subclass Placentalia Xenarthra Dermoptera Desmostylia Scandentia Primates Rodentia Lagomorpha Insectivora Chiroptera Pholidota Carnivora Perissodactyla Artiodactyla Cetacea Afrosoricida Macroscelidea Tubulidentata Hyracoidea Proboscidea Sirenia The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals primarily characterized by the presence of mammary... Thomas Mayo Brewer (November 21, 1814 - January 24, 1880) was an American naturalist. ... Robert Ridgway. ...

He died at the great marine biological laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, an institution which was largely the result of his own efforts, and which has exercised a wide effect upon both scientific and economic ichthyology. Woods Hole is a census-designated place and village within the town of Falmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, at the extreme southwest corner of Cape Cod, near the island of Marthas Vineyard, and is the site of three famous scientific institutions: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Marine Biological Laboratory...

Baird's Sandpiper was named after Spencer Fullerton Baird. Binomial name Calidris bairdii Coues, 1861 The Bairds Sandpiper, Calidris bairdii is a small shorebird. ...

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