William Tufts Brigham

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William Tufts Brigham was an American geologist, botanist, and the first director of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu, known for his extensive work on Hawaiian natural history and ethnology.

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instanceOf botanist
geologist
human
museum director
areaOfInfluence Hawaiian studies
Pacific ethnology
associatedWith Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum NERFINISHED
Honolulu scientific community
contributedTo development of Bishop Museum collections
documentation of Hawaiian artifacts
documentation of Hawaiian flora
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
described Hawaiian cultural objects
Hawaiian plant species
educatedAt Harvard University
employer Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum NERFINISHED
familyName Brigham NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Hawaiian natural history
botany
ethnology
geology
gender male
givenName William
hasWorkInCollection Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
name William Tufts Brigham NERFINISHED
notableFor directing the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
extensive work on Hawaiian ethnology
extensive work on Hawaiian natural history
notableWork publications on Hawaiian material culture
publications on Hawaiian plants
studies of Hawaiian ethnology
studies of Hawaiian natural history
occupation botanist
geologist
museum director
placeOfActivity Kingdom of Hawaii NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
positionHeld first director of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
studied botany
geology
workLocation Hawaii NERFINISHED
Honolulu NERFINISHED

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Horace Mann Jr. collaboratedWith William Tufts Brigham