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PhD Natural History University of Göttingen

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According to Wikipedia, 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 eventually served as assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian from 1850 to 1878, and as Secretary from 1878 until 1887. He was dedicated to expanding the natural history collections of the Smithsonian which he increased from 6,000 specimens in 1850 to over 2 million by the time of his death. He also served as the U.S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries from 1871 to 1887 and published over 1,000 works during his lifetime.

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Description of new genera and species of North American lizards in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution (52)
Characteristics of some new reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution (49)
A History of North American Birds (41)
Descriptions of New Genera and Species of North American Frogs (27)
A treatise on the geography and classification of animals. By William Swainson. (24)
Descriptions of New Species of Reptiles, Collected by the US Exploring Expedition under the Command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, USN: First Part: Including the Species from the Western Coast of America (23)
The natural history of the British Entomostraca. By W. Baird ... (23)
Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the secretary of war, in 1853-[6] ... (22)
Reptiles of the boundary : with notes by the naturalists of the survey. (17)
Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and adjacent waters, with an account of the physical features of the region. By A. E. Verrill and S. I. Smith. (14)
Descriptions of some new fishes from the River Zuni (12)
Descriptions of new species of fishes collected by Mr. John H. Clark, on the US and Mexican boundary Survey, under Lt. Col. Jas. D. Graham (12)
Notes on certain aboriginal shell mounds on the coast of New Brunswick and of New England (9)
Notes of a collection of birds made by Mr. John Xantus, at Cape St. Lucas, Lower California and now in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution (9)
Report of the Commissioner for ... (6)
Revision of the North American tailed-Batrachia, with descriptions of new genera and species (6)
Review of American birds, in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. By S.F. Baird (3)
The distribution and migrations of North American birds (1866) (3)
Descriptions of New Birds collected between Albuquerque, N. M., and San Francisco, California, during the Winter of 1853-54, by Dr. C.B.R. Kennerly and H.B. Mollhausen, naturalists attached to the survey of the Pacific R.R. Route, under Lt. A. W. Whipple (3)
List of reptiles collected in California by Dr. John L. Le Conte, with description of new species (3)
Notes on the Mortality Among Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico (1881) (3)
A history of North American birds land birds / by S. F. Baird, T.M. Brewer, and R. Ridgway. (3)
Bibliographies of American naturalists, vol. I . The published writing of Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1843-1882 (2)
AN ANALYSIS OF WATER DESTRUCTIVE TO FISH IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. (1881) (2)
The distribution and migration of North American birds (1866) (2)
Descriptions of new species of fishes collected by Captains RB Marcy, and Geo. B. M'Clellan (2)
Descriptions of four new species of North American salamanders and one new species of skink (1)
National Fish Culture (1)
THE WORK OF THE U. S. FISH COMMISSION. (1)
Occurrence of Cory's Shearwater (Puffinus borealis) and Several Species of Jaegers in Large Numbers in the Vicinity of Gayhead, Mass., during the Autumn of 1886 (1)
Hints for preserving objects of natural history (1)
Birds / by Spencer Fullerton Baird ; with the co-operation of John Cassin and George N. Lawrence. (1)
NOTES ON THE MORTALITY ANIONG FISHES OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. (1881) (1)
Iconographic encyclopaedia of science, literature, and art. systematically arranged by J.G. Heck. Translated from the German, with additions, and edited by Spencer F. Baird ... illustrated by five hundred steel plates, containing upwards to twelve thousand en (1)
Baird, Spencer F. Oct. 1, 1885 [receipt] (1885) (0)
Notice of a new genus of Cyprinidae (0)
Record Unit 30 Correspondence, 1882-1890 (0)
THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY. (0)
The distribution and migrations of North American birds (1866) (0)
Natural history illustrations. Prepared under the direction of Louis Agassiz and Spencer F. Baird. 1849. Six species of North American fresh-water fishes. Six lithographs from drawings by A. Sonrel. Explanation of Plates by David S (0)
Catalogue North American mammals with drawings and proof of plates (0)
Letter from Spencer F. Baird to Prince S. Crowell, on Letterhead (1877) (0)
Spencer Fullerton Baird letters to Asa Gray (0)
An Analysis of Water Destructive to Fish in the Gulf of Mexico (1881) (0)
Zoology of the boundary (0)
Testimonials for the 1885 edition of J.G. Wood's Our living world (0)
The water birds of North America by S.F. Baird, T. M. Brewer, and R. Ridgway. (0)
Accession 84-179 Baird-Michaux Volume, 1840s (0)
The water birds of North America. By S. F. Baird, T. M. Brewer and R. Ridgway. Issued in continuation of the publications of the Geological survey of California. J. D. Whitney, state geologist. (0)
Spencer Fullerton Baird's Letter to George Perkins Marsh (May 6, 1854) (1854) (0)
Outlines of American ornithology : part 1, Land birds / (0)
THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY (1890) (0)
Outlines of American ornithology (0)
Theodore Roosevelt letter to Elliott L. Coues (0)
A monograph of the Tetraoninae, or, Family of the grouse (0)
A history of North American birds / by S. F. Baird, T. M. Brewer, and R. Ridgway. (0)
The Smithsonian Institution (1881) (0)
Report of the National Museum Building Commission for 1880 (0)
On the serpents of New York; with a notice of a species not hitherto included in the fauna of the state. By Spencer F. Baird. (0)
Meeting for Business, July 25, 1843; Descriptions of Two Species, Supposed to Be New, of the Genus Tyrannula Swainson, Found in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (0)
Record Unit 7002 Spencer Fullerton Baird Papers, 1833-1889 (0)
Arrangement of families of birds (0)
Ornithology. edited by S.F. Baird, from the manuscript and notes of J.G. Cooper. (0)
William Brewster correspondence. Letters from Spencer Fullerton Baird (0)
THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY. (0)
Record Unit 7110 Records, 1922-1949 (0)
A history of North American birds, by S.F. Baird, T.M. Brewer, and R. Ridgway. Land birds, illustrated by 64 chromo-lithographic plates and 593 woodcuts (0)
Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway's Water Birds of North America (0)

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