[Letter] 1882 Mar. 23 [to George Lincoln] Goodale / A. Gray.
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Gray, Asa, 1810-1888
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Often called the “Father of American Botany,” Asa Gray was instrumental in establishing systematic botany as a field of study at Harvard University and, to some extent, in the United States. His relationships with European and North American botanists and collectors enabled him to serve as a central clearing house for the identification of plants from newly explored areas of North America. He also served as a link between American and European botanical sciences. Gray regularly reviewed new Euro...
Goodale, George L. (George Lincoln), 1839-1923
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George Lincoln Goodale (1839-1923) earned an AB at Amherst College in 1860 and MD degrees from both Bowdoin and Harvard in 1863; he taught science in various fields at Bowdoin, 1868-1878. He came to Harvard in 1878 as a professor of Botany and became the first Director of the Botanical Museum in 1879. He was appointed Fisher Professor of Natural History in 1888 and retired in 1909, becoming Honorary Curator of the Botanical Museum until his death in 1923. From the description of Pape...
