Spencer Fullerton Baird
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Spencer Fullerton Baird was an American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, and museum curator. Baird was the first curator to be named at the Smithsonian Institution. He eventual
An 1867 photo of Baird by William Bell
Baird with his wife and daughter in Wood's Hole, Massachusetts. It was at Wood's Hole that Baird gained interest in ichthyology.
Mausoleum at Oak Hill Cemetery containing remains of Baird
Samuel Langley
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Samuel Pierpont Langley was an American aviation pioneer, astronomer and physicist who invented the bolometer. He was the third secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a professor of astronomy at
Spencer Fullerton Baird
…though his duties prevented him from attending their first convention. During the February 1887, Baird went on leave due to "intellectual exertion". Samuel P. Langley served as Acting Secretary. Spencer Fullerton Baird died on August 19, 1887. Upon Baird's death, the Arts and Industries building was draped with a…
Langley, c. 1895
Langley Aerodrome No. 6 at Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh
Langley, right, with test pilot Charles Manly
First failure of the manned Aerodrome, Potomac River, Oct. 7, 1903