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Author:
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Subject:
True, Frederick William 1858-1914  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 4w x 6h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Person, candid
Date:
Unknown, c. 1900
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Summary:
Dr. Frederick W. True, Mammalogist at the United States National Museum, sits with hands crossed. True first came to the Smithsonian as a clerk for the U.S. Fish Commission from 1878 to 1881, where he was responsible for the Commission's exhibit at the Berlin Fisheries Exposition of 1880. True was hired as librarian and acting curator of mammals in the National Museum in 1881and advanced to Head Curator of Biology, from July 1, 1897, to May 30, 1911. He served as Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from June 1, 1911, until his death on June 25, 1914. He was the first person who could be termed a curator of marine mammals at the Smithsonian. True studied both living and fossil marine mammals and is best known for his contributions on mysticetes and the beaked whales.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 22A, Folder: 77
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Museum curators  Search this
Management--Museums  Search this
Smithsonian Institution--Employees  Search this
Mammalogists  Search this
Standard number:
11716 or MAH-11716
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10333