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Spencer Fullerton Baird
Spencer Fullerton Baird (; February 3, 1823 – August 19, 1887) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, and museum curator. Baird was the first curator to be named at the Smithsonian Institution. He would eventually serve 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 published over 1,000 works during his lifetime.
==Early life and education==
Spencer Fullerton Baird was born in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1823. He became a self-trained naturalist as a young man, learning about the field from his brother, William, who was a birder,〔 and the likes of John James Audubon, who instructed Baird on how to draw scientific illustrations of birds.〔〔 His father was also a big influence on Baird's interest in nature, taking Baird on walks and gardening with him. He died of cholera〔 when Baird was ten years old. As a young boy he attended Nottingham Academy in Port Deposit, Maryland and public school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.〔
Baird attended Dickinson College and earned his bachelor's and master's degrees, finishing the former in 1840.〔〔 After graduation he moved to New York City with an interest in studying medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He returned to Carlisle two years later. He taught natural history at Dickinson starting in 1845.〔 While at Dickinson, he did research, participated in collecting trips, did specimen exchanges with other naturalists, and traveled frequently.〔 He married Mary Helen Churchill in 1846. In 1848, their daughter, Lucy Hunter Baird, was born.〔 He was awarded a grant, in 1848, from the Smithsonian Institution to explore bone caves and the natural history of southeastern Pennsylvania.〔 In 1849 he was given $75 by the Smithsonian Institution to collect, pack and transport specimens for them. It was during this time that he met Smithsonian Secretary Joseph Henry. The two would become close friends and colleagues.〔 Throughout the 1840s Baird traveled extensively throughout the northeastern and central United States. Often traveling by foot, Baird hiked more than 2,100 miles in 1842 alone.〔
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