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John Gould Anthony, Zoologist

Date: 1863
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of John Gould Anthony (1804-1877), head of the Conchology department at the Museum of Comparative Zoology from 1863 until his deat...
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Asa Gray, Botanist

Date: 1864
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Asa Gray (1810-1888), American botanist. His most popular botanical publication, "Gray's Manual," remains a standar...
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Sir William Jackson Hooker, Botanist

Date: 1864
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), English botanist. Preceded his son, Joseph Dalton Hooker, as director of Kew Gardens. ...
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Charles Christopher Parry, Botanist

Date: 1865
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Charles C. Parry (1823-1890), American Botanist. Parry is most famous for his botanical research in the southern Ro...
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William S. Sullivant, Naturalist

Date: 09 29 1864
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of William S. Sullivant (1803-1873), Ohio naturalist. Sullivant was one of the leading bryologists in the United States, focusing ...
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John Lewis Russell, Botanist

Date: 1869
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of John L. Russell (1808-1873), Botanist. From 1831-1854, Russell served as a Unitarian minister in a number of cities. Served as...
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Portrait of Agassiz and Agassiz

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Description: Carte-de-visite photomontage double portrait of the geologist and zoologist, Jean Louis Rudolphe Agassiz (1807-1873). Founded the Museum of Comparative Zoo...
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John Wells Foster, Geologist

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Description: Reproduction of a carte-de-visite portrait of John Wells Foster (1815-1873, American geologist and paleontologist. In 1837, worked as assistant to the Geol...

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