Records of the Botanical Seminar (Sem. Bot.) 1886-1936.
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Pound, Nathan Roscoe, 1870-1964
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Nathan Roscoe Pound (October 27, 1870 – June 30, 1964) was an American legal scholar and educator. He served as Dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law from 1903 to 1911 and Dean of Harvard Law School from 1916 to 1936. He was a member of the faculty at UCLA School of Law in the school's early years, from 1949 to 1952. The Journal of Legal Studies has identified Pound as one of the most cited legal scholars of the 20th century. ...
Pool, Raymond J. (Raymond John), 1882-1967
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Raymond John Pool was born in Nebraska in 1882, and during high school met Charles Bessey, the noted Nebraska botanist and founder of the University of Nebraska's Botany Department. Pool attended the University of Nebraska where, under the tutelage of Charles Bessey, he received his A.B. in 1907, A.M. in 1908, and Ph. D. in 1913. Pool taught botany at the University from 1907 until his retirement in 1948, serving as chair of the Botany Department from 1915 to 1948. Pool was also Director of the ...
Bessey, Charles E. (Charles Edwin), 1845-1915
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Botanist and educator. From the description of Papers of Charles E. Bessey, 1865-1915. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071841 Epithet: American botanist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x00017c Botany professor. Dr. Charles Bessey was the first Professor of Botany at Iowa State University, beginning in 1870. He guided the Dept. during its formative years and established the first un...
University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus). Botanical Seminar.
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The Botanical Seminar was originated in 1886 by seven students, including Roscoe Pound, J.G. Smith, J.R. Schofield, H.J. Webber and J.A. Williams. Between 1891-1899 a botanical survey of Nebraska was undertaken, and the Flora of Nebraska was published. Professor Charles E. Bessey provided guidance to the Seminar until his death in 1915. At that time, Professor Raymond J. Pool took over as director of the group. The Botanical Seminar went out of existence in the late 1930s. From the d...
