Pittier, Henri, 1857-1950
Variant namesHenri Pittier was a Swiss-born botanist, geographer, linguist, and ethnographer. Pittier moved to Costa Rica in 1887 to found and direct the country's first geographic institute, the Instituto Físico-Geográfico. Pittier served as a botanist for the USDA from 1904 to 1919.
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| creatorOf | Pittier, Henri, 1857-1950. [Selections] | New York Botanical Garden, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library | |
| creatorOf | Pittier, Henri, 1857-1950. Papers on Venezuelan botany / Henri Pittier. | Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H Raven Library | |
| referencedIn | Harvard University. Herbaria. Combined records of the Arnold Arboretum and the Gray Herbarium, 1850- | Harvard University, Gray Herbarium | |
| creatorOf | Records of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering. 1853 - 1977. Correspondence of Henri Pittier | National Archives at College Park | |
| referencedIn | Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln, 1864-1935. Papers of Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, 1887-1934 (inclusive). | Harvard University, Gray Herbarium | |
| creatorOf | Blake, S. F. (Sidney Fay), 1892-1959. Sidney Fay Blake papers 1922-1953. | New York Botanical Garden, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library |
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| associatedWith | Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone (1910-1912) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Blake, S. F. (Sidney Fay), 1892-1959. | person |
| associatedWith | Harvard University. Herbaria. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln, 1864-1935. | person |
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Birth 1857-08-18
Death 1950-01-27
Swiss
Spanish; Castilian,
French,
Latin,
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