George J. Peirce letters received, 1941.

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George J. Peirce letters received, 1941.

Letters from friends in Great Britain, relating to conditions in Great Britain during World War II, January-February 1941.

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Peirce, George James, b. 1868.

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Peirce earned his B.S. at Harvard in 1890 and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Leipzig, 1894. He taught at Indiana University before coming to Stanford University in 1897 as assistant professor of botany. He was appointed professor in 1910 and served as executive head of the department from 1925 until his retirement in 1933. He was the author of three textbooks on plant physiology and coauthor with three other Stanford faculty of a textbook in general biology. He was active in the civic...