Thaddeus William Harris papers, approximately 1818-1852
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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...
Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873
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Swiss-American zoologist and geologist. Professor of zoology and geology at Harvard University. Louis Agassiz was born in Môtier-en-Vuly, Switzerland. He studied at the universities of Zürich, Erlangen (Ph.D., 1829), Heidelberg, and Munich (M.D., 1830). Agassiz studied medicine briefly but turned to zoology, with a special interest in fishes and fossils, while studying under the French naturalist Cuvier. In 1832 he became professor of natural history at the University of Neuchâtel, Sw...
Harris, Thaddeus William, 1795-1856
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Harris (Harvard, A.B. 1815; M.D. 1820) served as Librarian of Harvard, 1831-1856 and also lectured on natural history at Harvard, 1837-1842. He published about 100 articles on insects and insect-related diseases, compiled indexes to major works on entomology, and also wrote on squashes and pumpkins for the New England farmer. From the description of Papes of Thaddeus William Harris, 1818?-1852 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 40961354 ...
Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864
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Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts; United States and Massaschusetts legislator; and, President of Harvard University. From the description of Josiah Quincy letter, portrait and autograph, 1839-1889. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 63118297 President of Harvard. From the description of Autograph note signed : [Cambridge, Mass.], addressed to the Rev. John Pierpont, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616000 From the description of Autograph note ...
Nich G. Boss
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Darling, Noyes
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Emmons, Ebenezer
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Teschemacher, James E. (James Englebert), 1790-1853
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Teschemayer
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Tatum, Josiah
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Ward, Malthus A. (Malthus Augustus), 1794-1863
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Malthus Augustus Whitworth Ward (1794-1863), physician, educator, botanist, horticulturist, born in New Hampshire. Moved to Athens, Georgia, where he was Director of the University of Georgia Botanical Garden from 1831-1842. From the description of Malthus Augustus Ward notebooks, 1814-1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478054 ...
Webster, John White, 1793-1850
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Harvard professor; murderer of Dr. Parkman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1824 May 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586850 Murderer of Dr. George Parkman. From the description of Letter : to William Hickling Prescott, 1850 Aug. 29. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41415981 Professor of chemistry at Harvard University. From the description of Letter, 1845, Sept. 24 : Cambridg...
David Humprheys Storer
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Professor Lindley
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Loring, Charles G. (Charles Greely), 1881-1966
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Russell
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Epithet: of Add MS 37967 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x0000f5 Epithet: of Hargrave MS 120 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x0000f6 Epithet: Matrona nobilissima.' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000...
Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859
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Naturalist, of England; explorer and writer on plants, birds, and other native species in North America; surname spelled variously. From the description of Note from Thomas Nuttale, probably to a Professor Terry, 1838. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 222009131 Zaccheus Collins was a merchant and botanist. From the guide to the Zaccheus Collins botanical correspondence, 1805-1827, 1805-1827, (American Philosophical Society) Nat...
Giereke
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Fabricius
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Epithet: of Sloane MS 639 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000818.0x000071 ...
Proctor, John W. (John Waters), 1791-1874
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Wyman, Jeffries, 1814-1874
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Wyman (Harvard, M.D. 1837) was Hersey Professor of Anatomy at Harvard Medical School from 1847 to 1874 and taught anatomy and physiology in the medical school of Hampden-Sydney College, Richmond, Va., from 1843 to 1847. In 1866 he became curator of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard and went on expeditions to Florida, Labrador, South America, and other places to collect material for the museum. He wrote extensively and lectured on comparative anatomy and paleontology. ...