Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1909-1912.

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Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1909-1912.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63552961

Includes 2 letters, dated April 29, 1910 and July 16, 1912, from Branner to Arthur H. Lea.

4 items (5 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Lea, Arthur H.

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John Casper Branner (1850-1922) was a geologist was born on July 4, 1850, in New Market, Tennessee. He enrolled at Maryville College, but after two years he transferred to Cornell. He developed an interest in Brazil and he accompanied his professor, Charles F. Hartt, there in 1874, staying until 1883. He studied the country's geology, and also searched for vegetable fibers that could be used to make incandescent light. At the same time, he studied insects that affected cotton plants, under the c...