Letters to Charles Edwin Bessey. Davenport, IA. 1872-1889.

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Letters to Charles Edwin Bessey. Davenport, IA. 1872-1889.

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Discussing field work in the West, ornamental use of Western conifers, Iowa Academy of Science, botanists, publications and herbaria.

16 items (31 p.)

University of Iowa Libraries

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Bessey, Charles E. (Charles Edwin), 1845-1915

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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...