William Jacob Robbins records, 1918-1978.

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William Jacob Robbins records, 1918-1978.

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Collection documents Robbins' research into plant physiology and his administrative careers with the New York Botanical Garden, the American Philosophical Society and Fairchild Tropical Garden. Includes correspondence, laboratory notebooks, manuscripts, grants, certificates, photographs, negatives and lantern slides.

104 boxes (54.5 lin. ft.)

New York State Historical Documents (Albany, N.Y.)

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New York State Historical Documents (Albany, N.Y.)

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American Philosophical Society

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Benjamin Franklin founded the American Philosophical Society in 1743 in Philadelphia, patterning it after the Royal Society of London. It's purpose was the promotion of the study of science and the practical arts of agriculture, engineering trades, and manufactures. Subjects of today's "philosophy" were generally excluded from the societies of the 17th and 18th centuries and the word "philosophy" meant to them "love of knowledge," and was essentially the equivalent of today's "science." Interest...

Fairchild Tropical Garden

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Fairchild, David, 1869-1954

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American botanist and plant explorer, 1869-1954. From the description of Notes on a sea grape leaf [realia]. 1946. (Morton Arboretum). WorldCat record id: 57592946 Author; b. David Grandison Fairchild. From the description of Papers, [1942]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70951226 David Grandison Fairchild was an American botanist. He was born in Michigan in 1869. For most of his career he worked in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, managing the Depart...

Robbins, William Jacob, 1890-

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William Jacob Robbins was a botanist and plant physiologist. From the description of Papers, 1898-1974. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122589265 William Jacob Robbins (1890-1978) was Director-in-Chief of The New York Botanical Garden from 1937-1958. He was a specialist in plant physiology and microbiology. Robbins studied Bryophyllum and Hedera helix; the nutritional requirements of filamentous fungi; as well as vitamin synthesis, growth and th...

Crocker, William, 1876-1950

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New York Botanical Garden

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New York Botanical Garden Research Laboratory.

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Ward, Francis Kingdon, 1885-1958

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Wasson, R. Gordon (Robert Gordon), 1898-1986

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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Scientific Advisory Group.

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Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research

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