43604 robert kennicott
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1865 Robert Kennicott (1835-1866), explorer andnaturalist, in his field clothes, c. 1860. Noted for his field work in Alaska, Kennicott was one of a group of young naturalistswho lived in the SmithsonianCastle and dubbedthemselves "The Megatherium Club." Kennicott died in Alaska on May 13, 1866while commanding the Western Union Telegraph Expedition. William H. Dall July 9, 1865. Source: Smithsonian Scrapbook, Letter,Diaries, and Photographs from the Smithsonian Archives, Smithsonian InstitutionArchives, Institutional History Division,http://www.siarchives.si.edu/documents/index.htm SIHistory@si.edu |
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