Fassett, Norman C. (Norman Carter), 1900-1954

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N. C. Fassett, 1900-1954, was a professor of botany at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The earliest vegetation mapping in the area was done by Fassett and his colleagues and students, who during the period 1929 to 1952 published 37 "Preliminary Reports" and four books on Wisconsin plant families.

From the description of Spring flora of vicinity of Madison, Wisconsin; a manual of the shrubs and herbs flowering before July first in Dane County, Devil's Lake, Baraboo, and the Dells : typescript, 1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864342

N. C. Fassett collected specimens throughout Colombia in 1944 as part of the Cinchona Project.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_94_pid_EACP93

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referencedIn American Society of Plant Taxonomists. Records, 1938-1983. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Fassett, Norman C. (Norman Carter), 1900-1954. Spring flora of vicinity of Madison, Wisconsin; a manual of the shrubs and herbs flowering before July first in Dane County, Devil's Lake, Baraboo, and the Dells : typescript, 1927. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn William B. Provine collection of evolutionary biology reprints, 20th century. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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correspondedWith Provine, William B. person
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Birth 1900

Death 1954

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