Henry Hurd Rusby records 1900-1928.

Rusby, Henry Hurd, 1855-1940

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Henry Hurd Rusby (1855-1940) was a physician and botanical explorer who was influential in the promotion of the the study of economic botany. He was one of the incorporators of the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) and served as Honorary Curator of the Economic Botany Museum and on the Board of Managers from 1898 to 1933. He attended New York University Medical College, graduating in 1884. As Professor of Botany and Materia Medica at the College of Pharmacy at Columbia College, he was instrumenta...

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...

Mulford Expedition for the Biological Exploration of the Amazon Basin.

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