Records relating to the philosophical apparatus of the Hollis Professorship of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy and the Records of the Board of Visitors of the Massachusetts Professorship of Natural History, 1765-1835 and undated.

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 ...

David Hosack

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Hannah Brackett

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Thomas Nuttall

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Frederick Accum

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Peck, William Dandridge, 1763-1822

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Peck graduated from Harvard in 1782 and taught natural history at Harvard. From the description of Papers of William Dandridge Peck, 1777-1827 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972837 ...

Elgin Garden

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Harvard College (1780- )

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Special students were those who took courses in Harvard College but were not degree candidates; they had not gone through the standard admissions process completed by AB degree candidates. From the description of Records of special students, 1876-1907. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77064523 It is unclear whether F.C. Fabel ever attended Harvard College. F.C. Fabel may be Frederick Charles Fabel, who received an AB from the University of Rochester in 1893. ...

Botanic Garden

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Phoenix Assurance Company

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The company was established as the Phoenix Fire Office in 1782 by London sugar refiners discontented with the rates of premium charged by the established fire insurance offices. By 1783 it had 58 agencies, and the early success of the company meant that by 1790 it was able to establish minimum rates for insuring London riverside wharves and warehouses against fire. From 1782 the company started to insure overseas properties belonging to English merchants. Agents were appointed in Fr...

Wheatland, David P.

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Wheatland earned his Harvard SB in 1922. From the description of Notes in History of Science 1, 1940-1941. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228512347 ...

William Hardy

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J. B. Delacoste

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Department of Natural History

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Massachusetts Society Promoting Agriculture

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John Winthrop's

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Edward Nairne

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Champion and Dickason

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William Alline

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Harvard University. Board of Visitors of the Massachusetts Professorship of Natural History.

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In January 1830 the Board of Visitors of the Massachusetts Professorship of Natural History informed the Harvard Corporation that efforts to secure additional funding for the Professorship and botanic garden had been unsuccessful and that the best interests of the garden would be served if control was given to the Corporation. The Massachusetts Professorship of Natural History, along with a botanic garden, was endowed in 1805 by a group of prominent Massachusetts citizen...

William Dandridge Peck's

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William Jones

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John Farrar

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Cohen, I. Bernard

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William Parker

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John Prince's

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Pomeroy, Samuel Wyllys, 1802-1882

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Board of Visitors.

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