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Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 1 3/8h x 1w; Type of Image: Person,candid; Medium: Slide
Type:
Slide
Person, candid
Date:
1975
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Kjell Bloch Sandved of the Office of Exhibits, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), at the commission of Porter Kier, then Director, NMNH, prepared these photographic materials to document personnel and activities of NMNH in 1975.
In 1978, the Smithsonian Office of Biological Conservation was established with Edward S. Ayensu as director. The responsibility of this office is to coordinate the various environmental conservation activities already in progress in the Institution and encourage a variety of new projects related to environmental conservation, especially within the area of staff interest. In 1978, he together with Robert DeFlipps authored a Smithsonian Institution reference book entitled "Endangered and Threatened Plants of the United States."
Ayensu received a doctoral degree in the biological sciences from the University of London and is the author of numerous books and articles on science, technology and the social and economic development of developing countries.
See image numbers SIA2013-03860, SIA-2013-03861, SIA2013-03862, SIA2013-03863, and SIA2013-03865 for additional photos of Dr. Ayensu.
Summary:
Dr. Edward Ayensu, Ghanaian economist, scientist, and Director and Senior Scientist, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., is seated in front of a microscope and holds a slide in his hand. A box holding additional slides is on the table. In the foreground is a partial image of another microscope. Behind him on the wall is a map of Africa.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95-013, Box 1, Folder: 1: A-Kier
