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Megatherium Club

formed in 1857, an eccentric group of young naturalists, scientific society based at the Smithsonian Institution, aiming to build the Smithsonian’s collection
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Megatherium Club

Summary

Megatherium Club is a scientific society[1]. It draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (scientific_society category, ranking #48 of 165).[2]

Key Facts

  • Megatherium Club's field of work was natural history[3].
  • Megatherium Club is in the country of United States[4].
  • Megatherium Club's image is recorded as MegatheriumClub.jpg[5].
  • Megatherium Club's instance of is recorded as scientific society[6].
  • Megatherium Club's founder is recorded as William Stimpson[7].
  • Megatherium is named after Megatherium Club[8].
  • Megatherium Club's Commons category is recorded as Megatherium Club[9].
  • Megatherium Club's has part is recorded as William Stimpson[10].
  • Megatherium Club's has part is recorded as Robert Kennicott[11].
  • Megatherium Club's has part is recorded as Edward Drinker Cope[12].
  • Megatherium Club's has part is recorded as Theodore Gill[13].
  • Megatherium Club's has part is recorded as Fielding Bradford Meek[14].
  • Megatherium Club's has part is recorded as Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden[15].
  • +1857-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Megatherium Club[16].
  • Megatherium Club was dissolved in +1866-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Megatherium Club's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06s2wy[18].
  • Megatherium Club's location of formation is recorded as Washington, D.C.[19].

Body

Founding

Megatherium Club's founder is recorded as William Stimpson[7]. +1857-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[16]. Its location of formation is recorded as Washington, D.C.[19].

Industry

Megatherium Club's field of work was natural history[3].

Dissolution

Megatherium Club was dissolved in +1866-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].

Why It Matters

Megatherium Club draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (scientific_society category, ranking #48 of 165).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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