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Asa Gray, Botanist
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Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Asa Gray (1810-1888), American botanist. His most popular botanical publication, "Gray's Manual," remains a standard in the field. He served as a pupil of John Torrey. Handwritten text at bottom of image reads, "Asa Gray, 1864."
1864
Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891
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John Torrey, Botanist
1865
Vignetted carte-de-visite quarter-length portrait of John Torrey (1796-1863), American botanist. Worked as New York state botanist from 1836. Handwritten inscription at bottom of image reads: "For ...
George Engelmann, Botanist
1867
Carte-de-visite portrait of George Engelmann (1809-1884), German-American botanist. He is best known for describing the flora of the American West. Handwritten inscription at the bottom of image r...
Leo Lesquereux, Paleobotanist
1864
Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Leo Lesquereux, American paleobotanist. Also worked as assistant to L. Aggasiz.
Dr. Henry Parker Sartwell, Botanist
December 1864
Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. Henry Parker Sartwell (1792-1867), American botanist.
Daniel Cady Eaton, Botanist
1864
Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Daniel C. Eaton (1834-1895), American Botanist. In 1864 (the year of this photograph), Eaton became a professor of botany at Yale University, where he taught u...
Joseph Dalton Hooker, Botanist
1864
Carte-de-visite portrait of Joseph D. Hooker (1817-1911), English botanist, plant collector and traveller. Son of Sir William Hooker. A close friend of Charles Darwin, Hooke became the director o...
