Charles Doolittle Walcott / [George Otis Smith].

  • George Otis Smith
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[1927]
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Credit: Charles Doolittle Walcott / [George Otis Smith]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the premier position in American sci¬ ence, and during the next 20 years his energy was unstintingly given to the many-sided task of that establishment in the ‘ ‘ increase and diffusion of knowl¬ edge among men. ’ ’ Here he found large opportunity for stimulative guidance of research and wise administration of varied activities. He had earlier served as acting Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian in charge of the National Museum, developing its paleontologic collections and suggesting new ways of mounting specimens. His interest in the National Museum as “the museum of all the people” added to its scope; he arranged for the post-war exhibi¬ tion of aircraft as a medium of public education, and in 1920 he inaugurated the National Gallery of Art, as a sepa¬ rate branch of the Smithsonian Insti¬ tution.
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