Spencer Fullerton Baird

American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, museum curator, and the 2nd secretary of the smithsonian (1823-1887).

Born February 3rd, 1823 in Reading. [ref]

Died August 19th, 1887 at 64 years old in Woods Hole. [ref]

Occupations
curator, herpetologist, ichthyologist, meteorological observer, naturalist, ornithologist, university teacher, writer, zoologist

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr.