Herman F. Becker papers, 1931-1983.

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Herman F. Becker papers, 1931-1983.

Collection documents Becker's research and teaching work before and after his association with the New York Botanical Garden.

2 boxes (2 linear ft.)

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Hollick, Charles-Arthur, 1857-1933

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Botanist, paleontologist. Hollick, one of the co-founders of SIIAS, was a curator at the New York Botanical Garden and served on the sanitation commission for Staten Island. From the description of Hollick, Charles Arthur, 1857-1930 papers, 1844-1930. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155571541 ...

Becker, Herman F. (Herman Frederick), 1907-1985.

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Herman F. Becker (1907-1985) was a paleobotanist employed by the New York Botanical Garden from 1958-1974. He was Curator of Paleobotany from 1965-1974. His specialty is the Tertiary paleobotany of southwest Montana. He was born in Dusseldorf, Germany and emigrated to the United States. He studied horticulture at the Berlin Botanical Garden. In the United States he attended Brooklyn College (1939-1947) and earned his MA in Botany from Columbia University in 1952 and his Ph.D. in 1956 from the Un...