Papers of Charles Russell Orcutt, 1882-1899.

Kuntz, George Frederick, 1856-1932.

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Parry, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1823-1890

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Botanist and physician. Parry was born in Admington, Gloucestershire, England on August 28, 1823. When he was nine years old, his family moved from England to Washington County, New York. Parry earned an A.B. degree from Union College in 1842, then attended Columbia College as a graduate student, falling under the influence there of the botanist John Torrey. Earning an M.D. degree from Columbia in 1846, Parry settled in Davenport, Iowa, the same year and established a medical practice. Botanical...

Gray, Asa, 1810-1888

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Botanist, ardent supporter of Charles Darwin, first professor appointed to the faculty of the University of Michigan, and Professor of Botany at Harvard University. From the description of Asa Gray collection, 1871-1885. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68802268 Asa Gray is an American botanist. He was made Professor of Natural History at Harvard University in 1842 and held that position until 1873. He was the author of several works including Manual of the bota...

Orcutt, Charles Russell, 1864-1929

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Charles Russell Orcutt (1864-1929) was a collector of natural history specimens and publisher of scientific journals. Orcutt was born in 1864 in Hartland, Vermont. His father was a horticulturalist and often read professional plant journals and sometimes contributed articles for publication. In 1879, Charles Orcutt moved to San Diego and at the age of 18 he went on his first trip to the Baja region of California. In the following years he accompanied his father and other local naturalists on exp...

Watson, Sereno, 1826-1892

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Watson was graduated from Yale University (1847) and later studied chemistry and minerology at Sheffield Scientific School. He joined Clarence King's expedition to survey the 40th parallel, and wrote the botanical report (1871) for the expedition. Watson was appointed assistant in the Gray Herbarium in 1873; Curator, 1874-1892; and Instructor in Phytogeography, 1881-1884. His published works include contributions to Botany of California, Manual of the Mosses of North America, and a revision of G...

Greene, Edward Lee, 1843-1915

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Professor of Botany at the University of California, Berkeley. From the description of Letters, 1891-1895, to Samuel Bonsall Parish. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122289356 Episcopal cleryman, convert to Catholicism, and botanist who taught at the University of California (Berkeley) and the Catholic University of America (1885-1904) and served as an associate in botany at the Smithsonian Institution (1904-1909); LL.D., University of Notre Dame (1895). From the d...

Vasey, George Alan, 1895-1945

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Major-General George Vasey (1895-1945): Duntroon graduate, served with A.I.F. in World War I, and in Greece, Crete and New Guinea in World War II. Jessie Vasey (1897-1966) President, War Widows Guild (Australia), Managing-Director, Vasey Housing Auxiliary. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1912-1916. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225820703 ...