Otto Degener records, 1920-1987.

Francis Raymond Fosberg (1908-1993) was born in Spokane, Washington, and grew up in Turlock, California, with an early interest in natural history. He received his B.A. in botany from Pomona College in 1930. After graduation, he took a position at the Los Angeles County Museum researching plants of the desert Southwest and islands off the coast of California. This research led to his interests in island ecosystems, and in 1932 he moved to Honolulu to accept a position as an assistant at the Univ...

Topping, David LeRoy, 1861-1939.

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Topping was employed by the government of the Philippines for 20 years; served in Siberia with the American Red Cross after World War I; and retired to Hawaii. He collected plants, especially ferns, in East Asia, the United States, the Philippines and other parts of the world. From the description of Papers of David LeRoy Topping, 1915-1940 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 177499326 ...

Smith, Albert C. (Albert Charles), 1906-1999

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Military officer. From the description of Albert A. Smith oral history interview : Tape and transcript, 1983 February 3 [sound recording] / conducted by Marsha C. Martin. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122637243 Albert C. Smith (1906-1999) was born on April 5, 1906, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He received his bachelor's degree from Columbia University in 1926, and his PhD in 1933. In 1928, he became a staff member at the New York Botanical Garden. He made his first tropic...

Eaton, Mary E.

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Sherff, Earl Edward, 1886-1966

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Moldenke, Harold N. (Harold Norman), 1909-

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Harold N. (Norman) Moldenke (1909-1996) was a taxonomist and botanical educator. He was born at Watchung, N.J. He received his B.A. from Susquehanna University in 1929 and his M.A. and Ph. D. from Columbia University in 1934. His career at the New York Botanical Garden began in 1929 when he began a Research Fellowship. He was Assistant Curator (1932-1937), Associate Curator (1937-1948) and Curator and Administrator of the Herbarium (1949-1952). His fields were the Verbenaceae and Avicenniaceae a...

New York Botanical Garden

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Degener, Otto, 1899-1988

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Otto Degener (1899-1988) was a systematic botanist and conservationist, recognized as the authority on the flora of the Hawaiian Islands. He was Collaborator in Hawaiian Botany at the New York Botanical Garden from 1935-1988. He was named the first Naturalist for the Hawaii National Park in 1929. In 1942 he discovered Degeneria vitiensis, in Fiji--the missing link between the angiosperms and gymnosperms. He began publishing Flora Hawaiiensis in 1937 and in 1986 it reached its 7th part. With his ...

Stone, Benjamin C. (Benjamin Clemens), 1933-

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Hatheway, William H. (William Howell), 1923-

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Merrill, Elmer Drew, 1876-19

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Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.

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Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934

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Nathaniel Britton worked on plant varieties from Central and South America. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_170_pid_EACP167 Nathaniel Lord Britton (1857-1934) was a leading founder and first Director of the New York Botanical Garden. He was born at New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y. He received his Ph.D. in Geology from Columbia College in 1881 where he studied with John Strong Newberry. In 1886 he was named Professor of Geology and...

Otto Degener records, 1920-1987.

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