Botanical illustrations by Jacob Bigelow, 1813-1819? (inclusive)

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Botanical illustrations by Jacob Bigelow, 1813-1819? (inclusive)

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ca. 40 drawings

Gray Herbarium Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6383105

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Michaux, François-André 1770-1855

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French botanist and traveler. The son of botanist Andre Michaux (1746-1802), he made several visits to the United States. In February 1806 he embarked on a sea voyage for Charleston (S.C.) but was captured by the British en route and detained in the Bermudas. He arrived in the United States in May 1806 and spent three years in America in study and travel. Among his published writings was a study of American forest trees. From the description of Letter : New York, [N.Y.], to "Monsieur...

Jacob Bigelow, 1786-1879

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Jacob Bigelow was born in Sudbury, Mass. on February 27, 1786; he has been variously described as the son of a Congregational minister and the son of a farmer. After obtaining his A.B. from Harvard in 1806, he went to the University of Pennsylvania, earning an M.D. in 1810. He practiced medicine by himself for a year without much financial success and then began a practice in Boston with Dr. James Jackson in 1811. The following year he lectured on botany at Harvard with W.D. Peck; t...