Letters to Asa Gray [manuscript] 7 June 1845-1 May 1903.
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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...
Tyler, Lyon G., 1925-
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Charleston, South Carolina historian. From the description of The Charleston Naval Base, ca. 1983. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32140058 ...
Rogers, William Barton, 1804-1882
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Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Virginia from 1835-1853. In the years following his departure, he founded and was president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Boston. From the description of Papers of William Barton Rogers [manuscript], 1843 December 19. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647837261 Shields was a student from Cumberland County, Va.; afterwards a captain and surgeon, C.S.A., then physician and farmer in Union Count...
