Spencer Fullerton Baird 1823-1887
Born here, Baird was a leading naturalist, renowned collector, and writer. Influential in the development of the Smithsonian Institution, he was its first curator, 1850, and second secretary, 1878-87. First U.S. commissioner of fisheries, 1871-87. Died in Woods Hole, Ma.
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