
Bradford Washburn
January 10
Washburn was an elite mountain climber and a renowned cartographer. He often said, however, that these were secondary pursuits. He'd be happy, he told the Globe in 2000, if his obituary were one sentence: "He built the Museum of Science."
Archive 1/12/07 Museum of Science founder dies at 96
January 10
Washburn was an elite mountain climber and a renowned cartographer. He often said, however, that these were secondary pursuits. He'd be happy, he told the Globe in 2000, if his obituary were one sentence: "He built the Museum of Science."
(John Blanding/Globe Staff)