SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD A BIOGRAPHY....
Dall, William Healey:
Philadelphia & London. 1915. xvi,462pp. plus plates. Frontis. Gilt cloth. Slight edge wear, some light foxing of plates, else about fine, partially unopened. Baird was very interested in biological research and was instrumental in creating the U.S. Fish Commission. He also served for a time as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. This biography stresses his early accomplishments and prints correspondence with notables such as Audubon, Agassiz and Dana. TOURVILLE 1166. RICKS, p.77.
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