Records of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering. 1853 - 1977. Letters Sent by Frederick V. Coville
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Coville, Frederick V. (Frederick Vernon), 1867-1937
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Frederick V. Coville (1867-1937), a botanist for the United States Department of Agriculture, was considered an authority on North American rushes, wild currents, and blueberries. His "Botany of the Death Valley Expedition" was a classic study. He participated in the 1899 Harriman expedition to Alaska. Coville was the first curator of the National Herbarium and was chairman of the research committee of the National Geographic Society from 1920 to 1937. From the description of Papers,...
