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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...

Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889

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Maria Mitchell, astronomer, was born on the island of Nantucket in 1818. Through her father, William Mitchell, she became interested in astronomy and assisted him in his observatory. In the late 1830s she was appointed librarian at the Nantucket Athenaeum, using its collection to educate herself while she worked with her father in the evenings. In 1847 she discovered a new comet, named for her, and was subsequently awarded a gold medal by the King of Denmark. A year later she became the first wo...

Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927

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William Healey Dall was born on 21 August 1845 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA He entered the service of the Land Office of the Illinois Central Railroad in Chicago, spending his evenings studying at the Chicago Academy of Sciences. In 1865, he was appointed naturalist on the United States Western Union Telegraph Expedition (Alaskan Division), 1865-1867 (leader Robert Kennicott), sent by the Western Union Telegraph Company to survey a route for, and to construct, a telegraph line thr...

American Philosophical Society

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Benjamin Franklin founded the American Philosophical Society in 1743 in Philadelphia, patterning it after the Royal Society of London. It's purpose was the promotion of the study of science and the practical arts of agriculture, engineering trades, and manufactures. Subjects of today's "philosophy" were generally excluded from the societies of the 17th and 18th centuries and the word "philosophy" meant to them "love of knowledge," and was essentially the equivalent of today's "science." Interest...

Sabine, Edward

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Epithet: General RA, KCB, PRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000206.0x00037a ...

Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000270.0x0000d3 Epithet: tutor to Prince Henry British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000375 Epithet: of Add MS 36059 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000270.0x0000d1 William Leigh was born i...

Downes, John.

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Epithet: Excise Surveyor at Loughrea British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000575.0x000043 Epithet: Rector of St. Michael, Wood Street British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000575.0x000031 Epithet: Colonel regicide British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x000239 ...

Davis, C. H. (Charles Henry), 1845-1921

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Rear admiral, U.S.N. Author of his father's biography, "Life of Charles Henry Davis, Rear-Admiral, 1807-1877.". Superintendent of U.S. Naval Observatory, 1897-1902. From the description of Charles Henry Davis letters to Henry Oscar Houghton, Jr. and Houghton Mifflin & Co., [manuscript], 1899 Mar 24 and Apr 16. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 247517738 ...

Loomis, Elias

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Epithet: Professor of Natural Philosophy, New York University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000630.0x000062 ...

Nicoll

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Guyot, A. (Arnold), 1807-1884

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Arnold Henry Guyot was a geographer and the first to formulate laws of structure and movement of glaciers. He published geography textbooks, 1866-1875, and was professor of physical geography and geology at Princeton University, 1854-1884. From the description of Correspondence, 1857-1882. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122316399 Geographer and geologist. From the description of Letter of A. Guyot, circa 1857. (Unknown). WorldCat re...

Farquhar

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Scoresby, William, Captain afterwards Rev, FRS

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Epithet: Captain afterwards Rev, FRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000622.0x0002c8 ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Edmund W. Sinnott was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at the time of this correspondence. Walter G. Berl was an editor for the Association. From the description of Letters, 1948-1971, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155878457 ...

Todd

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Warren

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Friedlander

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Coggia

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Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909

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American astronomist and political economist. From the description of Typed letter : [Washington, D.C., to the editors of The Critic, Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder, 1884 Aug. 19]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 645229686 American astronomer. From the description of Typewritten letters signed (3) : Washington, D.C., to Harper & Brothers, 1886 Mar. 16-1883 Apr. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612661 Astronomer, mathematician, and economist. ...

Ringgold, Cadwalader, 1802-1867

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Ringgold served under Wilkes in Antarctic Expedition in 1838. He surveyed the Columbia River, Puget Sound, the Sacramento River and San Francisco Harbor. He served in California from 1849-1851. From the description of Letter, May 13, 1848. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 46357716 ...

Malone, Dr.

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Myer, Albert James, 1829-1880

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U.S. Army officer and surgeon. From the description of Papers of Albert James Myer, 1851-1933 (bulk 1851-1880). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81681433 From the description of Papers of Albert James Myer, 1816-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 76892172 Albert James Myer (b. Sept. 20, 1829, Newburgh, New York-d. Aug. 24, 1880), Brigadier General in the U.S. Army, graduated from medical school in 1851. He became a signal officer in 1860, organized and commanded the...

Simpson

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Secchi, Angelo, 1818-1878

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Italian astronomer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Rome, to Sigre. D. Luigi Bianchini, 1850 Feb. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270634288 ...

Kupffer

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Yeatman

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Gimmel, Mr.

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Robinson, Edward

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Epithet: of Newton Poppleford, brother of J Robinson British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000975.0x000310 Epithet: of Sloane MS 794 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x000156 Epithet: Dr of Kimbolton Huntingdonshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000...

Austin

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Wesley, William

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Epithet: afterwards Wellesley afterw Wellesley-Pole Baron Maryborough, 3rd Earl of Mornington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000834.0x0003c6 ...

Strong

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Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888

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Ephraim George Squier (1821-1888) and Dr. Edwin Hamilton Davis (1811-1888) of Chillicothe, Ohio were antiquarian authors who became authorities in the field of Indian antiquities. Mr. Squier was editor of the Scioto Gazette in Ohio when he began investigating the moundbuilders of the Scioto Valley under the tutelage of Dr. Davis, an Ohio physician who wrote for several historical and medical journals. Squier was later appointed Charge d'affaires to Guatemala and other Central American states and...

Peirce, Benjamin, 1809-1880

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Peirce (Harvard, A.B., 1829) taught astronomy and mathematics at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Benjamin Peirce, 1846-1851 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972841 Peirce (A.B. 1829), mathematician and astronomer, was a tutor (1831-1833) and professor (1833-1880) at Harvard University, where he established the Harvard Observatory. From the description of Correspondence, ca. 1835-1880. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79...

Toerster

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Boyd

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Runkle, John Daniel, 1822-1902

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John Daniel Runkle, 1822-1902, SB, MA, 1851, Harvard College, was the second president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1870 to 1878, having served as acting president from 1868 to 1870. He was professor of mathematics from 1865 to 1902. Earlier in 1860 he was a member of the committee that prepared the " Objects and Plan of an Institute of Technology," which led to the establishment of MIT in 1861, and he worked closely with the founder and first president of...

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

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Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) was the 14th President of the United States (1853-1857). Prior to his presidency he served in both the House of Representatives (1833-1837) and the Senate (1837-1842) as a legislator from New Hampshire. Although a Northerner, he sympathized with the Southern cause during the American Civil War and was good friends with Jefferson Davis....

Trumbull, William

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Epithet: Resident with the Archduke Albert at Brussels British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000353.0x0001f9 Epithet: son of Sir W Trumbull British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000757.0x000044 Epithet: of Add MS 36913 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x000...

Boyle, Robert

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Epithet: 5th son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cork British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000473.0x00019f Epithet: of Stowe MS 201 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000473.0x00018e Robert Boyle (1627-1691), natural philosopher and chemist, was born at Lismore Castle, Munster, on 25 January 1627, the son of the 1st Earl of Cork. He was educa...

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