Papes of Thaddeus William Harris, 1818?-1852 (inclusive).

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...

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...

Loring, Charles G. (Charles Greely), 1794-1867

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Loring was a prominent Boston lawyer and a Massachusetts State Senator in 1862. He married Anna Pierce Brace (d.1836) in 1818 and was a Harvard College fellow from 1838-1857. From the guide to the Papers, 1768-1866., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Harris, Thaddeus William, 1795-1856

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Harris (Harvard, A.B. 1815; M.D. 1820) served as Librarian of Harvard, 1831-1856 and also lectured on natural history at Harvard, 1837-1842. He published about 100 articles on insects and insect-related diseases, compiled indexes to major works on entomology, and also wrote on squashes and pumpkins for the New England farmer. From the description of Papes of Thaddeus William Harris, 1818?-1852 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 40961354 ...

Storer, David Humphreys, 1804-1891

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Storer graduated from Harvard in 1825, taught obstetrics and medical jurisprudence, and served as Dean of the Harvard Medical School. From the description of Papers of David Humphreys Storer, ca. 1890. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972890 U.S. ichthyologist and obstetrician, 1804-1890. From the description of Letter, 1829, Oct. 15 : to Jesse Putnam. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 31822022 Storer (Harvard Medical School, M.D. 1925) w...

Emmons, Ebenezer, 1799-1863

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Boss, Nich G.

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Teschemacher, James E. (James Englebert), 1790-1853

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Nuttal, Thomas, 1786-1859.

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Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864

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Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts; United States and Massaschusetts legislator; and, President of Harvard University. From the description of Josiah Quincy letter, portrait and autograph, 1839-1889. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 63118297 President of Harvard. From the description of Autograph note signed : [Cambridge, Mass.], addressed to the Rev. John Pierpont, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616000 From the description of Autograph note ...

Darling, Noyes.

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Tatum, Josiah.

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Proctor, John W. (John Waters), 1791-1874

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Ward, Malthus A. (Malthus Augustus), 1794-1863

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Malthus Augustus Whitworth Ward (1794-1863), physician, educator, botanist, horticulturist, born in New Hampshire. Moved to Athens, Georgia, where he was Director of the University of Georgia Botanical Garden from 1831-1842. From the description of Malthus Augustus Ward notebooks, 1814-1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478054 ...

Beck, Lewis C. (Lewis Caleb), 1798-1853

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Physician, botanist and chemist, of New York state. From the description of Lewis Caleb Beck letter, [between 1824 and 1826] , Jun. 20, Rensselaer School, Troy, New York. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35005315 American physician and chemist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Albany, to Prof. Eaton, 1825 July 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270621941 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Albany, to Prof. Griscom, 18...

Webster, John White, 1793-1850

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Harvard professor; murderer of Dr. Parkman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1824 May 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586850 Murderer of Dr. George Parkman. From the description of Letter : to William Hickling Prescott, 1850 Aug. 29. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41415981 Professor of chemistry at Harvard University. From the description of Letter, 1845, Sept. 24 : Cambridg...