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Scientist of the Day
Stephen Harriman Long
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
Stephen Harriman Long, a US Army topographical engineer, died Sep. 4, 1864, at the age of 79. In 1819-20, Long led a group of 22 men, including several naturalists and artists, on an expedition across the Great Plains to the Rocky Mountains. Edwin James was the...