Collection lists and expedition itineraries, 1910-

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Arnold Arboretum. Collection lists and expedition itineraries, 1910-

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Collection lists and expedition itineraries, 1910-

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/177500514

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ca. 12 linear ft.

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Harvard University, Gray Herbarium

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SNAC Resource ID: 6932954

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Arnold Arboretum

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The planning for the Arnold Arboretum Centennial celebration began in 1967 when Dr. Richard A. Howard, Arboretum Director from 1954-1978, appointed committees of supporters and visiting-committee members to raise funds for the upcoming event. The week-long celebration (May 21-28, 1972) opened with a banquet in a downtown Boston hotel that featured an address by William T. Stearn, famous taxonomist and botanist from the British Museum of Natural History. Events included a daylong symposium on "Po...

Fernandes, Joseph B.

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Handel-Mazzetti, Heinrich, Freiherr von, 1882-1940

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Fang, Wen-pʻei.

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Hua hsi hsieh ho ta hsueh.

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Bangham, Catherine M., 1903-

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Biswas, Kalipada, 1899-

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Philippines. Bureau of science

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Wilson, Ernest Henry, 1876-1930

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Ernest Henry Wilson was born in Chipping Campden, Gloustershire, England in 1876. In 1892 he was employed at Birmingham Botanical Gardens as a gardener and also studied botany at Birmingham Technical School and at the Royal College of Science in South Kensington. In 1897 he worked for the Royal Botanical Garden at Kew; in 1899 he was sent by the nursery firm of Veitch & Sons, to China to collect seeds and living plants. Wilson returned in 1902 and went on a second trip for Veitch, 1903-1906....

Wang, Chi-Wu, 1913-...

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Fan, Chʻing-seng.

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Yale University. School of Forestry.

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Chung-shan ta hsüeh (Guangzhou, China)

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Liu, Ju-chʻiang, 1895-

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Haviland, George Darby, 1857-1901.

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Hers, Joseph.

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Hoogland, Ruurd D.

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Suksdorf, Wilhelm, 1850-1932

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Botanist, Bingen, Washington. From the description of Papers, 1867-1935. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29852921 The long and complex, if outwardly simple, life of Wilhelm Suksdorf began in rural Germany, near Kiel, in 1850. At the age of eight he emigrated to northeastern Iowa with his family. He lived there until 1874. In 1876 he was enrolled in a science/agriculture course at the University of California. Before graduating, however, he lef...

Henry, Augustine, 1857-1930

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Pételot, Paul Alfred, 1885-

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Clemens, Joseph, 1862-1936.

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Hwang, C. Y.

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Humbert, H. 1887-1967.

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Tsʻai, Hsi-tʻao, 1910-1981.

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Lemperg, Fritz.

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Dikason, F. G.

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Merrill, George

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Purdom, William, 1880-1921.

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William Purdom was born in Heversham, Westmoreland, England on April 10, 1880. His early horticultural training began at Brathay Hall Gardens, Ambleside, Cumbria, England where his father, William, held the position of head gardener. Charles Sprague Sargent (1841-1927), the Director of the Arnold Arboretum, was intent on having as many plant collectors as possible engaged in exploring China's flora and hired William Purdom shortly after meeting him in early 1909. Purdom embarked on his first pla...

Chiao, Chʻi-yüan, 1901-

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Schneider, Karl Camillo

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Wong, Clarence.

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Islamabad University.

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McKee, H. S. (Hugh Shaw), 1912-

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Linder, David Hunt, 1899-1946.

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Instructor of Cryptogamic Botany at Harvard University, 1931; Acting Curator at Farlow Herbarium from 1932 to 1934 and Curator from 1934 to 1946. Editor of Farlowia. From the description of Papers of David Hunt Linder, 1920-1952 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 177498199 ...

Hu, Hsen Hsu, 1894-1968

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Purpus, Karl Albert 1851-1941

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Liu, Y. S.

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Cowdry, N. H.

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Woodcock, F. D.

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Kajewski, S. Frank.

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Horsey, R. E.

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Yeng, Y. L.

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Wu, Sheng-tʻien.

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Ruse, F. L.

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Clemens, Mary Strong, 1873-

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Fishlock, Walter Charles.

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Skutch, Alexander F. (Alexander Frank), 1904-2004

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Alexander F. Skutch (1904-2001) was born on May 4, 1904, in Baltimore, Maryland. He wrote books and papers on birds and his life in the rain forests of Central America. Before he became interested in birds he went to Jamaica shortly after college and worked on banana-leaf tissue at the United Fruit Company. Atrip to Panama exposed him to tropical birds. His important discovery was the "co-operative breeding" in Brown Jays. He noticed how birds would help one another, especially with parenting an...

Palmer, Edward, 1829-1911

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Palmer was a physician in the United States Army and a naturalist. From the description of Notes and materials relating to the American West, 1859-1914 (inclusive), 1859-ca. 1890 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612371601 Edward Palmer (1831-1911) was born on January 12, 1831, in Norfolk, England. He came to the United States at the age of eighteen and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. There he met Dr. Jared Kirkland, one of the most eminent scientists of that day...

Fénix, Eugenio, 1883?-1939.

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Wood, Carroll E.

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Pennell, Francis W. (Francis Whittier), 1886-1952

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Born August 4, 1886 into a Quaker family, Francis Pennell Whittier grew up on a farm outside Philadelphia. Because he was thought to be delicate, he was not expected to work on the farm, and his education took place at the Westtown School. He continued his education at the University of Pennsylvania, earning his B.S. in 1911 and his Ph.D. in 1913. During his doctoral work, Pennell was encouraged by the head of the botany department, John Macfarlane, to pursue the study of Scrophular...

Putman, P. T. L., d. 1955.

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Weatherby, Charles Alfred, 1875-1949

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Weatherby (Harvard, A.B. 1897; A.M. 1898) was interested in botany and volunteered at Gray Herbarium during summers. In 1931 he became Assistant Curator; Senior Curator in 1937; and Research Associate upon his retirement in 1940. Weatherby is best known as a fern specialist, but also researched in other areas, such as botanical nomenclature. From the description of Papers of Charles Alfred Weatherby, 1893-1948 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 177499575 ...

Bartlett, Harley Harris, 1886-1960

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Professor of botany and director of the Botanical Gardens at the University of Michigan. From the description of Harley Harris Bartlett papers, 1909-1960. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420953 An expert in tropical botany with wide-ranging interests, Harley Harris Bartlett was born at Anaconda, Montana, on March 9, 1886. After studying chemistry at Harvard (A.B., 1908), Bartlett accepted a position as a chemical biologist with the Bureau of Plan...

Williams, Maxine

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Tsiang, Ying

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Steinbach, José, d. 1931.

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Brass, L. J. (Leonard J.)

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Brass was born in Toowoomba, Queensland on May 27, 1900. He is especially known for his plant collecting in New Guinea. One of his interests was in the relationship between the floras of New Guinea and Australia. He collected plants for the Arnold Arboretum in New Guinea, 1925-1926 and in the Solomon Islands, 1932. Brass also took part in three expeditions to New Guinea led by Richard Archbold: 1933-34; 1936-37; and 1938-39. From 1939 to 1966 he was connected with the American Museum of Natural ...

Parham, B. E. V.

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Gressitt, J. Linsley.

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Ward, Francis Kingdon, 1885-1958

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Rollins, Reed C. (Reed Clark), 1911-1998

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Reed Clark Rollins was born in Lyman, western Wyoming on 7 December 1911, and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 27, 1998. He was one of the most influential botanists of his generation. From the description of Papers of Reed Rollins, 1940-1998 (inclusive) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 175317158 Reed Clark Rollins (1911-1998), Director of the Gray Herbarium (1948-1978) and Asa Gray Professor of Systematic Botany (1954-1981) at Harvard University was one ...

Rogers, Harold E., 1930-

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Faurie, Urbain Jean, Père, 1847-1915.

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Nanking University.

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Canberra Botanic Gardens.

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Rock, Joseph Francis Charles, 1884-1962

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Not only a botanist, plant collector, naturalist, and explorer, Joseph Rock was also a philologist, linguist, and anthropologist. Beginning in 1924 Rock explored northwest China and Tibet, collecting plant material for the Arnold Arboretum and ornithological specimens for Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology. On his 1924 expedition Rock collected 20,000 herbarium specimens and many packages of propagative material. Few new species were found but Rock lived up to Sargent's principal objective,...

Smith, C. Earle (Claude Earle), 1922-1987

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Lesueur, David Hardeman.

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Maire, René, 1878-1949

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Maméev, S. N., 1859-1939.

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Taam, Y. W.

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Holttum, R. E. 1895-1990.

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Ewan, Joseph, 1909-1999

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Joseph Ewan collected specimens for the Cinchona Project throughout the mid 1940s. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_91_pid_EACP90 ...

Franc, Isidore.

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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...

Chung-kuo kʻo hsüeh yüan.

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Mueller, Cornelius Herman, 1909-

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Lei, C. I.

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Chung, H. H. 1892-

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Liang, H. Y.

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Krukoff, B. A.

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Krukoff (1898-1983) was a Russian immigrant who spent his career with Merck and Co. working with plants as sources of various drugs, including anesthetics, antimalarials, anthelmintics, and cortisone. He was a specialist on the American species of Strychnos. Between 1928 and 1955, he led numerous botanical expeditions to South America, Africa, and Sumatra to discover useful plants. From the description of Boris Alexander Krukoff papers, 1942-1982. (Missouri Botanical Garden). WorldCa...

Kostermans, A. J. G. H. (Achmad Jahja G. H.), 1906-

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Marsh, Ernest G.

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Hosokawa, Tadaoki, 1563-1645

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Wetmore, Ralph H. 1892-

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Ching, Ren-Chang

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Harvard University. Herbaria.

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The Harvard Herbaria Building, located at 22 Divinity Ave., was built in 1954. The building links the Peabody Museum, Agassiz Museum, the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Herbarium, Farlow Herbarium, and the Biological Laboratories. Included in the Herbaria are what were once seven separate herbarium collections: the Herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum, the Economic Herbarium of Oakes Ames, the Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium, the Farlow Herbarium, the Gray Herbarium, and the New England Botanical C...

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