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Author:
Minor-Penland, Laurie  Search this
Subject:
Talbot, Frank  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Person, candid
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1990
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Featured in Torch, May 1990
Summary:
Director of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) Frank Talbot is pictured with a favorite sculpture, an elephant seal. Talbot's interest in the natural world dates to his youth in Capetown, South Africa. From an early age, he loved to fish. Later, as a university student, Talbot began studies of the ecology of deep-sea and coral reef fishes, an interest that has continued through his professional life. He has a master's degree in marine zoology and a doctorate in marine ecology.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives Accession 98-015 Box 2 Folder May 1990
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Elephant Seal  Search this
Museum directors  Search this
Natural history museums  Search this
Sculpture  Search this
Standard number:
90-4105-12A
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10141