
Museum of Science founder dies at 96
Washburn made mark exploring far and wide
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For their honeymoon, Bradford and Barbara Washburn made the first recorded ascent of Alaska's Mount Bertha.
(Thomas Winship / Globe File 1940)
Thomas Winship / Globe File 1940
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Bradford Washburn, the founder of the Museum of Science and an explorer who spent three-quarters of a century unlocking the secrets of such sites as Mount McKinley and Mount Everest, died Wednesday of heart failure. He was 96. (Full article: 1493 words)
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