Humphry Marshall: American Quaker botanist, 1958 1958

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Humphry Marshall: American Quaker botanist, 1958 1958

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This biography describes Humphry Marshall's involvement in the international exchange of American plants between 1750 and 1800, with illustrations.

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American Philosophical Society

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Marshall, Humphry, 1722-1801

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Humphry Marshall was a self-educated Quaker botanist, born and raised in Chester County, Pa. With the encouragement and assistance of his cousin, John Bartram, and other scientific mentors in the U.S. and Britain, Marshall became an accomplished "practical botanist" and by the mid-1760's had established a profitable business collecting and identifying plants and selling them to plant collectors throughout the U.S. and Europe. The botanical garden he established in Chester County was...

Belden, Louise Conway

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