Papers of Richard A. Howard, 1940-1995.

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Papers of Richard A. Howard, 1940-1995.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/656833559

This collection consists of field notes, articles, correspondence, photographs, biographical information, unpublished research notes and botanical plates, and numerous personal items.

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Harvard University, Botany Libraries

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Harvard University, Botany Libraries

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Howard, Richard A. (Richard Alden)

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Richard Alden Howard (1917-) served as Vice President of Botanical Science at the New York Botanical Garden from 1989-1990. A systematic botanist whose specialty is economic botany and whose area of interest is the Caribbean, he performed extensive field work in the area, wrote over 300 papers and edited the six volume Flora of the Lesser Antilles. From 1954 to 1978, he served Harvard University as Arnold Professor of Botany and Director of the Arnold Arboretum. From 1978-1988 he was Professor o...