Olu Oguibe

Olu Oguibe

male, 45 years old
Nigerian American, Nigerian-American, Goldsmiths College, smithsonianinstitution, african, African-American
Olu Oguibe is a Nigerian-American artist and public intellectual. He is Associate Professor of Art and African-American studies and Associate...
Charles Coffin Jewett

Charles Coffin Jewett

male, deceased (1868)
Brown University, librarian, from Maine, smithsonianinstitution, American, Boston Public Library
Charles Coffin Jewett was born in 1816 in Lebanon, Maine. He began his library career at Andover Theological Seminary, where he prepared his first...

Henry Stevens

male, deceased (1886)
Yale University, Middlebury College, Bibliographer, library of congress, smithsonianinstitution, American
Henry Stevens (August 24, 1819 - February 28, 1886), American bibliographer, was born in Barnet, Vermont. He studied at Middlebury College,...
John Currin

John Currin

male, 47 years old
Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA, MFA, from New York City, New York artist, Yale University alumni…smithsonianinstitution
He was born in Boulder, Colorado in 1962, and went to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where he obtained a BFA degree in 1984. He went on...
Homer Ledford

Homer Ledford

male, deceased (2006)
Eastern Kentucky University alumni, death by stroke, banjo, Folk musician, bluegrass, Bluegrass musician…smithsonianinstitution
Homer C. Ledford was an instrument maker and bluegrass musician from Kentucky who specialized in making dulcimers. Born in Alpine, Tennessee, he...
Theodore Gill

Theodore Gill

male, deceased (1914)
George Washington University, Ichthyologist, zoology, smithsonianinstitution, American, Megatherium Club
Theodore Nicholas Gill was an American ichthyologist. Gill was professor of zoology at George Washington University. He was also a member of the...
T. C. Cannon

T. C. Cannon

male, deceased (1978)
Santa Fe, painter, Native American, artist, smithsonianinstitution, American
Thomas Wayne Cannon (Born September 27, 1946 in Lawton, Oklahoma - 1978) was an important Native American artist of the 20th century. A member of...
Janet Guthrie

Janet Guthrie

female, 71 years old
champ car, University of Michigan, American, indianapolis motor speedway, indycar, Former NASCAR driver…smithsonianinstitution
Janet Guthrie (born March 7, 1938 in Iowa City, Iowa) is a race car driver and the first woman to qualify and compete in both the Indianapolis 500...
E. G. Squier

E. G. Squier

deceased (1888)
Archaeologist, smithsonianinstitution, honduras, American, mound builder, serpent mound
Ephraim George Squier (June 17, 1821 - April 17, 1888) was an American archaeologist. Squier collaborated with Edwin H. Davis on the book, "Ancient...

R. Tucker Abbott

male
Harvard University, malacologist, malacology, schistosomiasis, Delaware Museum of Natural History, The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum…smithsonianinstitution
Robert Tucker Abbott (September 28, 1919 - November 3, 1995) was an American conchologist and malacologist and the author of more than 30 books on...