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Author Stone, Roger D., author

Title The lives of Dillon Ripley : natural scientist, wartime spy, and pioneering leader of the Smithsonian Institution / Roger D. Stone
Published Lebanon, NH : ForeEdge, 2017

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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
Summary "Explores the different facets of the life of natural scientist and wartime spy, S. Dillon Ripley"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon), 1913-2001.
SUBJECT Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon), 1913-2001 fast
Ripley, S. Dillon 1913-2001 gnd
Subject Smithsonian Institution -- History
SUBJECT Smithsonian Institution fast
Smithsonian Folklife Festival gnd
Subject Naturalists -- United States -- Biography
Ornithologists -- United States -- Biography
Museum directors -- United States -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
NATURE -- Essays.
NATURE -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
Museum directors
Naturalists
Ornithologists
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017025876
ISBN 9781512600612
151260061X