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... Wikipedia
Born: February 3, 1823, Reading, PA
Died: August 19, 1887 (age 64 years), Woods Hole, Falmouth, MA
Education: Yale University, Columbia University, Syracuse University, and more
Partner: Mary Helen Churchill Baird (1846–)
Parents: Lydia McFunn Baird
Affiliation: Smithsonian Institution