Papers of Roland Thaxter, 1882-1933 (inclusive).

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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The American Academy of Arts and Sciences was chartered by the legislature of Massachusetts in 1780 and is the second oldest learned society in the U.S. Among its incorporators were James Bowdoin, John Adams, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock. From the description of Records of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1775-1800 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122413111 ...

Farlow Reference Library and Herbarium

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The Farlow Reference Library and Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany is a separately endowed institution devoted to the study of fungi, lichens, algae and bryophytes. From the description of Records of Farlow Reference Library and Herbarium, 1924-1953 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972513 ...

Seymour, Arthur Bliss, 1859-1933

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Arthur Bliss Seymour (1859-1933) was a mycologist on the staff of the Harvard University Herbarium from 1886 until his death in 1933. From the description of Arthur Bliss Seymour papers, 1881-1932. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155462465 From the description of Arthur Bliss Seymour papers 1881-1932. (New York Botanical Garden). WorldCat record id: 47066093 Seymour taught biology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of A...

Blakeslee, Albert Francis, 1874-1954

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Albert Francis Blakeslee was a geneticist and botanist and was director of Smith College Genetics Experiment Station (1943-1954). From the description of Papers, 1904-1954. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 154298036 American botanist educated at Wesleyan (A.B. 1896) and Harvard University (Ph.D. 1900). Instructor in Botany at Harvard 1906-1907; Professor of Botany at Connecticut Agricultural College, 1907-1914, Professor of Botany and Genetics, 1...

Ames, Oakes, 1874-1950

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Born in North Easton, Massachusetts on September 26, 1874, Oakes Ames was the son of Massachusetts Governor Oliver Ames. He received a bachelor's degree from Harvard in 1898, followed by a master's degree in 1900. Ames had a lengthy and distinguished career as a botanist, including serving as supervisor of the Arnold Arboretum from 1927-1937 and as the Arboretum's second director from 1937 to 1945. He was also a professor of botany at Harvard University. Ames died in Ormond, Florida on April 30,...

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

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The National Academy of Sciences, founded in Washington, D. C., in 1863, grew out of a desire for a body of scientists to give advice on scientific matters to the federal government. Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian, was a force behind its creation. From the description of National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1887 Records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78403445 ...

Dodge, Carroll William, 1895-1988

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Carroll William Dodge, 1895-1988, American botanists, educated at Middlebury College and Washington University, St. Louis. Instructor and Assistant Professor at Brown University, 1919-1920; Instructor, Assistant Professor and Curator of Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University, 1920-1931; Professor at Shaw School of Botany, Washington University; and Professor at University of Vermont, from 1963. From the description of Papers of Carroll William Dodge, 1847-1939 (inclusive). (Harvard Uni...

Durand, Elia Judah, 1870-1922.

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Thaxter, Roland, 1858-1932

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American botanist. Educated at Harvard University (A.B. 1882, Ph.D. 1888). Assistant Professor of Cryptogamic Botany at Harvard, 1891-1901; Professor of Cryptogamic Botany, 1901-1919; Professor Emeritus, to 1932. Honorary Curator of Farlow Herbarium, Harvard. American editor of Annals of Botany. From the description of Papers of Roland Thaxter, 1882-1933 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 177498276 ...

New England Botanical Club.

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Riddle, Lincoln Ware, 1880-1921.

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American mycologist, lichenologist. Educated at Harvard University (A.B. 1902, Dr. Phil. 1906). Instructor in Botany at Wellesley College, 1906-1909; Professor of Cryptogamic Botany at Harvard, 1919-1921. From the description of Correspondence of Lincoln W. Riddle 1902-1939 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 177497848 ...

Farlow, W.G. (William Gilson), 1844-1919

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American botanist. Educated at Harvard University (B.A. 1866, M.D. 1870). Assistant Professor of Botany at Harvard, 1874-1879; Professor of Cryptogamic Botany, 1879-ca. 1919. Also taught at Bussey Institution, Jamaica Plain, 1874-1879. From the description of Papers of W. G. Farlow. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77069233 Epithet: American botanist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000818.0...

Burt, E. A. (Edward Angus), 1859-1939

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American botanist. Educated at Harvard University (A.M., 1894, Ph.D. 1895). Studied under William Farlow at the Cryptogamic Laboratories, Harvard, 1892-1893. Taught natural history at Middlebury College, 1895-1913 and at Washington University from 1913. Published Icones Farlowianae: Illustrations of the Larger Fungi of Eastern North America (Cambridge, 1929) together with William G. Farlow. From the description of Papers of Edward Angus Burt, 1895-1933 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCa...