William Stimpson
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William Stimpson was an American scientist. He was interested particularly in marine biology. Stimpson became an important early contributor to the work of the Smithsonian Institution and later, direc
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Acanthotelson stimpsoni Meek & Worthen, 1865. Field Museum.
Robert Kennicott
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Robert Kennicott was an American naturalist and herpetologist. Chronic illness kept Kennicott out of school as a child. Instead, Kennicott spent most of his time outdoors, collecting plants and animal
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…never a full-time employee of the institution, Stimpson founded the department of marine invertebrates at the Smithsonian. When fellow club member Robert Kennicott left his post as director of the Chicago Academy of Sciences in Chicago, Stimpson went to that city to take his place. When Kennicott died in Russian…
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Robert Kennicott by Samuel Montague Fassett
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Kennicott's skeleton on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History