The lives of Dillon Ripley : natural scientist, wartime spy, and pioneering leader of the Smithsonian Institution /

The lives of Dillon Ripley : natural scientist, wartime spy, and pioneering leader of the Smithsonian Institution /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stone, Roger D. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lebanon, NH : ForeEdge, [2017]
Subjects:
Ripley, S. Dillon > (Sidney Dillon), > 1913-2001.
Smithsonian Institution > History.
Naturalists > United States > Biography.
Ornithologists > United States > Biography.
Museum directors > United States > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / by Tom Lovejoy
  • Introduction
  • Growing up golden
  • Birds of many feathers
  • Asian and other adventures
  • Pleasantly busy in New Haven
  • Defining a new culture
  • Displaying the nation's art
  • Media ventures and scholarly triumph
  • Building Smithsonian U.
  • Waves of complaints
  • Science and conservation
  • Retiring the crown.