Aaron Young papers, [ca. 1839-1894] Circa 1839-1894

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...

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 ...

Torrey, John, 1796-1873

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John Torrey (1796-1873) was one of the greatest figures in American botanical history. He led botanists in the adoption of the natural system of classification. His extensive herbarium became the foundation of the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium. Appointed botanist for the Geological Survey of the State of New York in 1836, he published the first compete flora of the state in addition to preparing descriptions of plants collected during surveys for the Pacific railroad routes, the...

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...

Bowdoin College

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Blake, Charles M.

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Emerson, John

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Young, John C.

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Mead, S. B.

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Cleaveland, Parker, 1780-1858

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Parker Cleaveland (1780-1858) was a professor at Bowdoin College from 1805 until his death in 1858. For the school terms 1840-41, 1841-42, and 1842-43, he was Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Natural Philosophy, as well as Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, and Lecturer on Civil Polity. From the description of Lecture notes, c. 1840? (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259246 Parker Cleaveland (1780-1858) was a scientist and professor of chemistry, ...

Bartlett, John, 1756?-1844

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Warren, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 32957 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x00026b Epithet: son of Thomas Warren British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x00026e Epithet: Bishop of Bangor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001240.0x0002c9 Epithet: RN ...

Thurber, George, 1821-1890

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Botanist on the Mexican Boundary Commission, 1850; he was a specialist on grasses. His herbarium was acquired by the Missouri Botanical Garden in the autumn of 1891. From the description of George Thurber papers, [184-?-189-]. (Missouri Botanical Garden). WorldCat record id: 61773035 Thurber (Brown University, S.M.) was a chemist and self-educated botanist who served with the U.S. Boundary Commission, 1850-1854. He also edited American Agriculturist for 22 years...

Holmes, Ezekiel, 1801-1865

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Agriculturalist and geologist, of Maine. From the description of Ezekiel Holmes petitions, 1861. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 85182092 ...

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...

Chute, Ariel P.

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Bowditch, Henry I. (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892

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Henry Ingersoll Bowditch, the son of Nathaniel Bowditch and Mary Ingersoll Bowditch, was a physician, author and abolitionist from Salem, Massachusetts. From the description of Life in the woods for a fortnight : or a trip to Katahdin & Moosehead Lake in the summer of 1856. 1856. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 704274320 U.S. specialist in diseases of the chest. From the description of Henry Ingersoll Bowditch letter, 1882, Apr. 7, Boston, to Dr. S. McMurtry. ...

Bangor Natural History Society.

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Adams, George N.

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Young, Sarah Augusta

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Young, Aaron, b. 1819

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Aaron Young was a botanist, physician, and diplomat. From the guide to the Aaron Young papers, [ca. 1839-1894], Circa 1839-1894, (American Philosophical Society) ...