450 SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD 



Saturday, December 29, 1906, a series of ten portrait 

 busts of pioneers in American Science, the work of William 

 Couper, was presented to the American Museum of 

 Natural History, New York City, by Mr. Morris K. Jesup. 

 These included Benjamin Franklin, Alexander von Hum- 

 boldt, John James Audubon, John Torrey, Joseph Henry, 

 Louis Agassiz, James Dwight Dana, Spencer Fullerton 

 Baird, Joseph Leidy, and Edward Drinker Cope. 



The unveiling was accompanied by appropriate ad- 

 dresses in the auditorium of the Museum, before a large 

 audience of members, friends and invited guests. 



The address in connection with the bust of Professor 

 Baird was delivered by Dr. Hugh M. Smith, his present 

 successor as Commissioner of Fisheries; and an illustrated 

 account of the meeting, with photo-engravings of the 

 sculptures and the hall in which they stand, was published 

 by the Museum in April, 1907. 



