Alexander_Wetmore
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139 years old
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47 years
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92 years old
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Alexander Wetmore | |
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Wetmore with his wife Beatrice, 1969 | |
| 6th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution | |
| In office 1945–1952 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Greeley Abbot |
| Succeeded by | Leonard Carmichael |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 18, 1886 North Freedom, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | December 7, 1978 (aged 92) Glen Echo, Maryland, U.S. |
| Education | University of Kansas (BA) George Washington University (MA, PhD) |
| Known for | Ornithology Paleontology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | ornithology and paleontology |
| Institutions | Department of Agriculture Smithsonian Institution |
| Thesis | A study of the body temperature of birds (1920) |
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- People from Sauk County, Wisconsin
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- Tanager Expedition
- American ornithologists
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- George Washington University alumni
- Secretaries of the Smithsonian Institution
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