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Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887

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At only 27, the ornithologist Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887) was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, a precocious appointment that suited a precocious scientist. Born into a well to do family in Reading, Pa., and raised in Carlisle, Baird acquired an interest in natural history even prior to enrolling at Dickinson College at age 13. Although he was not an outstanding student, he was unusually committed to his course in life, keeping meticulous notes of ...

Morris, John Gottlieb, 1803-1895

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Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

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The oldest natural science research institution and museum in the Americas, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia was founded in 1812 "for the encouragement and cultivation of the sciences, and the advancement of useful learning." Since the founding of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, there have been twenty-eight presidents and five acting presidents (please see additional note for a complete list of Academy presidents). From 1937 to 1995, there were four pre...

Loring, Charles G. (Charles Greely), 1794-1867

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Loring was a prominent Boston lawyer and a Massachusetts State Senator in 1862. He married Anna Pierce Brace (d.1836) in 1818 and was a Harvard College fellow from 1838-1857. From the guide to the Papers, 1768-1866., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Ongley, W. H.

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Stauffer, Jacob, b. 1808

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Jacob Stauffer was a Pennsylvania naturalist. From the guide to the Classification of orders, families and genera of fish, [ca. 1866-1879], Circa 1866-1879, (American Philosophical Society) Jacob Stauffer (1808–1880) was a lawyer, naturalist, printer, lithographer, and photographer. Stauffer’s scientific investigations dealt with various subjects, including insects, snakes, mice, fossils, and mosses; however, his main interests were entomology and t...

Moore, Charles

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Epithet: afterwards MP for Woodstock British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000678.0x000246 Title: 6th Earl and (1791) 1st Marquis of Drogheda British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000678.0x000252 Title: 1st Marquis of Drogheda British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1000000006...

Baldwin, Robert, 1943-

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Moore, August O.

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Brenneman, John H.

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Durand, Elie M.

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Lesquereux, Léo, 1806-1889

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Louis Agassiz (1807-1873, APS 1843) was a zoologist and geologist. A student of Georges Cuvier, Agassiz was renown for his six-volume work Poissons fossils, a study of more than 1,700 ancient fish. Equally important was his Ètudes sur les glaciers (1840). In 1845 Agassiz moved to the United States on a two-year study grant from King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia to compare the flora and fauna of the United States and Europe. While in the United States he was invited to deliver a c...

Wickersham, James Pyle, 1825-1893

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In 1854 Wickersham was elected first county superintendent of schools in Lancaster County. From the description of Record book, 1854-1856. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122592203 Educator and author; Wickersham served as president of the Lancaster County Educational Association, the Pennsylvania State Teachers Association and the National Teachers Association (later the NEA). From the description of James Pyle Wickersham elementary cou...

Atlee, Washington L. (Washington Lemuel), 1808-1878

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King, Ben

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Wingate, John D.

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Loss, S. S.

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Willett, Charles S.

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Smolnikar, Andrew B. (Andreas Bernardus), 1795-1869

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McCosh, James, 1811-1894

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Scottish philosophical writer, born in Ayrshire; became president and professor of philosophy of the college of New Jersey, at Princeton in 1868; resigned the presidency in 1888 but continued as lecturer on philosophy until his death in 1894. From the description of Letter to Rev. W.F. Farr, 1875 December 3. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54752223 ...

Stauffer, Alfred F.

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Cresson, E. T. (Ezra Townsend), 1838-1926

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Riley, Charles V. (Charles Valentine), 1843-1895

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Young, William S.

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Davenport, Geo. E. (George Edward), 1833-1907

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Davenport is noted for his botanical avocations, especially his research on ferns, though he made his living in business. He joined the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1872; and by 1875 he had compiled a herbarium of North American ferns. Shortly after, Davenport began publishing articles on ferns, which he continued doing until his death, and also wrote on forestry and horticulture. From the description of Papers of George Edward Davenport, 1872-1907 (inclusive). (Unknown). W...

Hoffman, Walter James, 1846-1899

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Mann, Horace, 1796-1859

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Horace Mann was an educator and a statesman who greatly advanced the cause of universal, free, non-sectarian public schools. Mann also advocated temperance, abolition, hospitals for the mentally ill, and women's rights. From the description of Horace Mann Letter, 1858. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 213372958 Horace Mann, "Father of our Public Schools," was born in Franklin, Massachusetts on May 4, 1796. His family was poor and his father di...

Cope, E. D. (Edward Drinker), 1840-1897

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Vertebrate paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope became the leading theorist of the neo-Lamarckian movement in American biology. He sold his fossil collection to the American Museum of Natural History in 1894. From the guide to the Edward Drinker Cope Field diaries, 1872-1874, 1876-1877, 1879, 1881-1885, 1892, 1872-1892, (American Philosophical Society) Zoologist, paleontologist and educator. Member Society of Friends. Professor at Haverford College (1864-1867) and University o...

Moore, Daniel D. T.

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Greenwald, E. (Emanuel), 1811-1885

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Barnes, Albert, 1798-1870

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Prominent New School Presbyterian pastor, theologian, abolitionist, and temperance advocate; Barnes authored a complete series of New Testament Commentaries. From the description of Papers, 1834-1880 (bulk, 1834-1870). (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 47855997 American abolitionist. From the description of Albert Barnes letter, 1863 July 10. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936487 American Presbyterian clergyman. ...

Benade, W.H.

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Portland Society of Natural History (Me.)

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White, Henry Clay, 1848-

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Edge, Thomas J.

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Darlington, William, 1782-1863

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William Darlington was a physician and naturalist. From the description of Papers, 1777-1863. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122589373 From the description of Letters, 1836-1857. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122316436 From the guide to the William Darlington papers, 1777-1863, 1777-1863, (American Philosophical Society) From the guide to the William Darlington letters, 1836-1857, 1836-1857, (Am...

Judd, Orange, 1822-1892

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Carman, Elbert S.

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Saxton, Charles Maurice, 1812-1888

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Conyngham, Jasper Yeates, approximately 1810-approximately 1880

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Hanson, Hugh C.

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Rathvon, S. S. (Simon Snyder), 1812-1891

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Cary, F. C.

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Houghton, J. S.

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Bragdon, C. D.

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Cresson, E. T. (Ezra Townsend), 1838-1926

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Smith, J. Jay (John Jay), 1798-1881

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Librarian of the Library Company of Philadelphia; editor of numerous periodicals and monographs. From the description of Letter : Philadelphia, [Pa.], to James Monroe, 1846 Oct. 27. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 40357481 ...

James, Thomas Potts, 1803-1882

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Thomas P. James was a Philadelphia druggist. From the description of Letterbooks, 1851-1863. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122684097 James studied pharmacy and from 1831-1866 was involved in the wholesale drug business in Philadelphia and also developed an interest in Pennsylvania flora. After moving to Cambridge, Mass. James studied mosses and published along with Leo Lesquereux articles and a manual of North American mosses (1884). F...

Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727

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English natural philosopher and mathematician. From the description of Receipt signed : London?, 1718 May 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612606 From the description of Autograph notes : [n.p.], ca. 1706?. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611631 From the description of Document signed : London?, 1704 Oct. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612422 Sir Isaac Newton was a mathematician. From the description of Notes on ancient history and ...

Ryder, John A. (John Adam), 1852-1895

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Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878

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Joseph Henry (1797-1878, APS 1835), a physicist, was the first secretary and director of the Smithsonian Institution, a post he retained for over three decades. Henry was a leading experimental scientist whose contributions include several discoveries in the field of electromagnetics. He has been credited with the invention of the electromagnet and the telegraph, among other things. Henry was born in 1797 in Albany, New York, the son of William Henry, a teamster, and his wife An...

Ivison, Phinney & Co.

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Farlow, W.G. (William Gilson), 1844-1919

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American botanist. Educated at Harvard University (B.A. 1866, M.D. 1870). Assistant Professor of Botany at Harvard, 1874-1879; Professor of Cryptogamic Botany, 1879-ca. 1919. Also taught at Bussey Institution, Jamaica Plain, 1874-1879. From the description of Papers of W. G. Farlow. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77069233 Epithet: American botanist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000818.0...

Laurence, DeWitt C.

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Foltz, J. M.

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Dickey, O. J.

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Florist, Ed

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Durand, Elias, 1794-1873

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Spangler, A. M.

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Cresson, E. T. (Ezra Townsend), 1838-1926

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Entomological Society of Philadelphia.

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Historical, Agricultural and Mechanical institute of Lancaster

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Beck, John, MA

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John M. Beck (Jean-Michel Beck) was born in Ernolsheim-Bruche, France, on September 6, 1819. He immigrated to the United States sometime before 1848 and settled in New York. He married Mary Carr, a daughter of William Carr, on December 30, 1848. In 1850 Beck traveled to California by way of Cape Horn and mined for gold near the Slate Range Bar in Yuba County. He died in New York City. From the description of Beck family papers, 1786-1947 (bulk 1815-1850) (Huntington Library, Art Coll...

Udderzook, Marshall J.

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Thurston, George

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Meehan, Thomas, 1826-1901

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Smithsonian Institution

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The Smithsonian Institution was established on August 10, 1846, is a group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government. The institution is named after its founding donor, British scientist James Smithson. Originally organized as the United States National Museum.James Smithson (1765-1829), a British scientist, left his estate to the United States to found “at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusio...

Norton, Edward, 1823-1894

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Porter, Thomas C. (Thomas Conrad), 1822-1901

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Alumnus, Class of 1840. From the description of Addresses, reprints, etc. 1850-1897. (Lafayette College). WorldCat record id: 34208923 Thomas Conrad Porter, botanist, theologian, educator, and poet, was a professor of botany, geology, and zoology at Lafayette College from 1866-1896. Porter's scientific work focused primarily on the plants of Pennsylvania. Most of his research and collection of plants and minerals were destroyed in the Pardee fire, June 4, 1879. F...

Hoopes, Josiah, 1832-1904

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Worth, S. G.

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Darlington, Edward, 1795-1884

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Brooks, Edward, 1831-

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Greider, Rufus A.

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Wise, John, 1808-1879

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Williamson, John, 1826-1885

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LeConte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883

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American entomologist John L. LeConte was the son of distinguished entomologist John LeConte. Born in New York and educated as a physician, LeConte's inheritance meant he never had to practice medicine; instead, he continued his father's work in entomology, publishing his first paper at the age of nineteen. He travelled across the United States and later the world collecting and describing insects, especially beetles. Many of his papers were translated and republished in Europe, and the collecti...

Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880

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Haldeman was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. From the description of Letters and papers, ca. 1855-1879. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122490919 Samuel Stehman Haldeman was a scientist and philologist. From the description of Letters, 1859-1875. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122540802 Samuel Stehman Haldeman (1812-1880, APS, 1844) American naturalist and philologist, w...

Hare, Robert, 1781-1858

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Philadelphia chemist and educator. From the description of ALS : Boston, to Thomas P. Jones, 1843 July 12. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86138969 From the description of ALS and enclosure : Boston, to Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, 1843 Aug. 28. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122633648 From the description of ALS : Boston, to Thomas P. Jones, 1843 Aug. 29. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86156167 ...

Mather, Fred, 1833-1900

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Glover, Townend, 1813-1883

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Robinson, John

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Epithet: carrier British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x0001ab John Robinson served as Secretary for Royal Society of Edinburgh. He wrote to John Brown regarding the Antarctic explorer James Weddell whom they both knew. From the guide to the John Robinson collection, 1839, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manusc...

LeConte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883

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American entomologist John L. LeConte was the son of distinguished entomologist John LeConte. Born in New York and educated as a physician, LeConte's inheritance meant he never had to practice medicine; instead, he continued his father's work in entomology, publishing his first paper at the age of nineteen. He travelled across the United States and later the world collecting and describing insects, especially beetles. Many of his papers were translated and republished in Europe, and the collecti...

Bean, Tarleton H. (Tarleton Hoffman), 1846-1916

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