Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934 papers, 1762-1935.

ArchivalResource

Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934 papers, 1762-1935.

Genealogical materials such as clippings, notes, family trees, abstracts of wills and some original wills, military papers, mortgages, and letters, 1762-1935, for the Britton and related families: Holmes, Vanderbilt, Cubberly, Micheau, Lagrange, Poillon, and Housman; scientific articles by Britton and others, collected by him, 1878-1924; and his unpublished manuscript 'Australian Plants', undated.

4.0 cubic ft.

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60v8pd4 (person)

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...