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These are markers about Spencer Fullerton Baird.
 
By Richard E. Miller, August 21, 2011
Spencer Fullerton Baird
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1 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, The National Mall — Spencer Fullerton Baird — 1823 - 1887 —
Near Jefferson Drive Southwest east of 12th Street Southwest, on the right when traveling east.
Second Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Pioneer in American Natural History [on reverse of statue:] ("Opus, Baskin, 1976") — — Map (db m46418) HM
2 ► Pennsylvania, Berks County, Reading — Birthplace of Spencer Fullerton Baird — Eminent American Scientist — 1823 - 1887 —
On Washington Street (Business U.S. 422) at North 5th Street (Business U.S. 222), on the left when traveling west on Washington Street.
Master of Arts, Dickinson College 1843 M.D. Philadelphia College of Medicine, 1848 Organizer of U.S. Geological Survey, 1879 U.S. Commissioner of Fisheries, 1871-87 Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, 1878-87 Died, Woods Hole, Mass. Aug . . . — — Map (db m160641) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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Nov. 11, 2026