Library Of Congress, Manuscript Division. Personal Papers Miscellany.

Gray, Asa, 1810-1888

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Often called the “Father of American Botany,” Asa Gray was instrumental in establishing systematic botany as a field of study at Harvard University and, to some extent, in the United States. His relationships with European and North American botanists and collectors enabled him to serve as a central clearing house for the identification of plants from newly explored areas of North America. He also served as a link between American and European botanical sciences. Gray regularly reviewed new Euro...

Kruzenstera, Admiral

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Hilgard, J. E. (Julius Erasmus), 1825-1891

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Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an important scientific reformer during the early nineteenth century. From his position as superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, and through leadership roles in the scientific institutions of the time, Bache helped bring American science into alignment with the professional nature of its European counterpart. In addition, Bache fostered the reform of public education in America. On July 19, 1806 Alexander Dallas Bache wa...

Wheatstone, Charles

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Epithet: FRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000699.0x000373 Epithet: scientist; Knight 1868 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001086.0x00024f ...

Tyndall, John

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Epithet: FRS; Superintendent of the Royal Institution British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000438.0x000303 Epithet: FRS; of Add MS 48341 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000438.0x0002c0 Epithet: FRS; of Add MS 42582 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000438.0x...

Todd, C. S.

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Morse, Samuel F. B.

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Stuart, Fred B.

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