William Tufts Brigham (1841–1926) was an American geologist, botanist, ethnologist and the first director of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum in Honolulu.[1]
William Tufts Brigham was born on May 24, 1841. After finishing the Boston Latin School he attended the Harvard University and graduated with the degree Master of Arts in 1862. In 1864 he studied Botany and from 1864 and 1865 he accompanied botanist Horace Mann Jr. on Botanical surveys to the Hawaiian Islands where they discovered many new plant taxa.
In 1867, Brigham was called to the bar after moving back to Boston to study law under the tutelage of his father. He taught biology for a year at Harvard and over the next dozen years lectured and published books and articles on classical art, volcanology, geology, seismology, and botany.
In 1883, he joined a group of entrepreneurs that bought and operated a plantation in Guatemala. The venture failed, and he declared bankruptcy. During bankruptcy proceedings, a shortage of $17,000 was discovered in his legal trust account (more than $375,000 in 2009 dollars). Brigham was arrested in February 1887 for allegedly embezzling the money. Though the charges were never proven, he was forced to liquidate all his remaining assets, and “his family and friends cast him out, penniless and destitute.” He fled to Hawaii, where he was given a job by his old friend Charles Reed Bishop.[2]
Brigham authored 46 articles and monographs on Hawaiian botany, geology, and material culture such as mat weaving, tapa cloth, feather work, and stone and wood carvings.[3]
Selected worksedit
Bibliography of the Hawaiian Islands (with Sanford B. Dole), 1869
Cast catalogue of antique sculpture; With an introduction to the study of ornament, 1874
Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands, (with Charles Nordhoff) (Online), 1875
Guatemala: The Land of the Quetzal, 1887
Hawaiian Kapas from the Collection in the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Ethnology and Natural History, 1893 (the book includes over 200 samples of tapa or kapa bark-cloth and only 3 copies were issued, now located at the Smithsonian Libraries; the British Museum library; and the Australian Museum library in Sydney)
Hawaiian feather work, 1899
An index to the islands of the Pacific Ocean : a handbook to the chart on the walls of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History, 1900
A handbook for visitors to the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History (Online), 1903
Additional notes on Hawaiian feather work, 1903
Old Hawaiian Carvings: Memoirs the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, 1906
The ancient Hawaiian house, 1908
The volcanoes of Kilauea and Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii : their variously recorded history to the present time, 1909
Referencesedit
^"BRIGHAM, William Tufts". The International Who's Who in the World. 1912. p. 176.
^Chai, Makana Risser. "Huna, Max Freedom Long, and the Idealization of William Brigham," The Hawaiian Journal of History, Vol. 45 (2011) p. 110
Roger G Rose: A museum to instruct and delight: William T. Brigham and the founding of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum (Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication) Greenwood Press (September 1982) ISBN978-0-313-22061-6
Works by William Tufts Brigham at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
Bishop Museum Press
January 01, 1970
william, tufts, brigham, 1841, 1926, american, geologist, botanist, ethnologist, first, director, bernice, bishop, museum, honolulu, contents, biography, selected, works, references, external, linksbiography, edit, born, 1841, after, finishing, boston, latin, . William Tufts Brigham 1841 1926 was an American geologist botanist ethnologist and the first director of the Bernice P Bishop Museum in Honolulu 1 William Tufts Brigham Contents 1 Biography 2 Selected works 3 References 4 External linksBiography editWilliam Tufts Brigham was born on May 24 1841 After finishing the Boston Latin School he attended the Harvard University and graduated with the degree Master of Arts in 1862 In 1864 he studied Botany and from 1864 and 1865 he accompanied botanist Horace Mann Jr on Botanical surveys to the Hawaiian Islands where they discovered many new plant taxa In 1867 Brigham was called to the bar after moving back to Boston to study law under the tutelage of his father He taught biology for a year at Harvard and over the next dozen years lectured and published books and articles on classical art volcanology geology seismology and botany In 1883 he joined a group of entrepreneurs that bought and operated a plantation in Guatemala The venture failed and he declared bankruptcy During bankruptcy proceedings a shortage of 17 000 was discovered in his legal trust account more than 375 000 in 2009 dollars Brigham was arrested in February 1887 for allegedly embezzling the money Though the charges were never proven he was forced to liquidate all his remaining assets and his family and friends cast him out penniless and destitute He fled to Hawaii where he was given a job by his old friend Charles Reed Bishop 2 By 1892 Bishop hired him as the first curator of the Bernice P Bishop Museum and from 1898 until his firing in 1918 he was the first director of that museum He died on January 30 1926 Brigham was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences of the California Academy of Sciences of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences The Hawaiian lobelioid genus Brighamia was named in his honour Brigham authored 46 articles and monographs on Hawaiian botany geology and material culture such as mat weaving tapa cloth feather work and stone and wood carvings 3 Selected works editBibliography of the Hawaiian Islands with Sanford B Dole 1869 Cast catalogue of antique sculpture With an introduction to the study of ornament 1874 Northern California Oregon and the Sandwich Islands with Charles Nordhoff Online 1875 Guatemala The Land of the Quetzal 1887 Hawaiian Kapas from the Collection in the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Ethnology and Natural History 1893 the book includes over 200 samples of tapa or kapa bark cloth and only 3 copies were issued now located at the Smithsonian Libraries the British Museum library and the Australian Museum library in Sydney Hawaiian feather work 1899 An index to the islands of the Pacific Ocean a handbook to the chart on the walls of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History 1900 A handbook for visitors to the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History Online 1903 Additional notes on Hawaiian feather work 1903 Old Hawaiian Carvings Memoirs the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 1906 The ancient Hawaiian house 1908 The volcanoes of Kilauea and Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii their variously recorded history to the present time 1909References edit BRIGHAM William Tufts The International Who s Who in the World 1912 p 176 Chai Makana Risser Huna Max Freedom Long and the Idealization of William Brigham The Hawaiian Journal of History Vol 45 2011 p 110 Chai p 111 Roger G Rose A museum to instruct and delight William T Brigham and the founding of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Bernice P Bishop Museum Special Publication Greenwood Press September 1982 ISBN 978 0 313 22061 6External links editShort Biography Works by William Tufts Brigham at Project Gutenberg Works by or about William Tufts Brigham at Internet Archive Works by William Tufts Brigham at LibriVox public domain audiobooks nbsp Bishop Museum Press Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Tufts Brigham amp oldid 1188387967, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
