Spencer Fullerton Baird publishes his first scientific article

Future Smithsonian director Spencer Fullerton Baird and his older brother William published their first scientific article in the 1843 issue of the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences. The article documented the brothers’ discovery of two unknown species of flycatcher. (By Rebecca Solnit)
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Spencer Fullerton Baird is appointed full professor of natural history at Dickinson College

On July 6, 1846, Dickinson College appointed Spencer Baird as a full professor of natural history, one year after Baird first joined Dickinson’s faculty. During Baird’s brief four-year tenure at Dickinson he made a favorable impression on his students as he popularized field excursions into the local fields and forests to supplement classroom lectures. (By Rebecca Solnit)
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Spencer Fullerton Baird is offered position of honorary professor of natural science at Dickinson College

In July 1845, Spencer Baird’s alma mater, Dickinson College, offered him a position as a honorary professor of natural science and curator of the school’s natural cabinet. The unsalaried position was Baird’s first step into the professional scientific field. One year later, the college made Baird a full salaried professor.
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Spencer Fullerton Baird is born in Reading, Pennsylvania

Spencer Fullerton Baird was born in Reading, Pennsylvania on February 3, 1823. Baird acted as an educator, scientist, and administrator throughout his lifetime as he furthered the field of the scientific collection of biological specimens at Dickinson College, the Smithsonian Institution, and the U.S. Commission on Fish and Fisheries. Baird died on August 19, 1887 in Wood’s Hole, Massachusetts. (By Rebecca Solnit)
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“The California Mails,” New York Herald, July 1, 1860

Notes
Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, June 20, 2010.
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Original caption
The California Mails
Source citation
“The California Mails,” New York Herald, July 1, 1860, p. 4: 4.
Source note
Original image has been adjusted here for presentation purposes.
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