Thomas G. Lea letter to William J. Hooker, 1841 Jan. 21.
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Lea, Thomas G. (Thomas Gibson), 1785-1844
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Thomas Gibson Lea was born in Wilmington, Delaware, of Quaker descent, and lived much of his life in Ohio. He worked as a merchant until 1827, when he devoted his full time and attention to botany. An enthusiastic collector, his large, partially cataloged collection of plants included many new species; it was published posthumously by William S. Sullivan. From the description of Thomas G. Lea letter to William J. Hooker, 1841 Jan. 21. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldC...
Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865
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William Jackson Hooker was the premier English botanist of his time. His early interest in natural history was refined to botany by the fortuitous discovery of a rare moss. His education included travels through Europe, after which he became regius professor of botany at Glasgow. He published extensively, and founded and edited several journals; his main interests were ferns, mosses, and fungi, and he was a pioneer of economic botany. He was appointed first director of Kew Gardens, which became ...
