Early British Botanists and Their Gardens
Author : Robert Theodore Gunther
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Page : 460 pages
File Size : 45,85 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Botanists
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Author : Robert Theodore Gunther
Publisher :
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 45,85 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Botanists
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Author : Robert William Theodore Gunther
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,52 MB
Release : 1922
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Author : Robert Theodore Gunther
Publisher :
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 23,51 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Botanists
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Author : Ray Desmond
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 24,96 MB
Release : 1994-02-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780850668438
Over the past four centuries botanists and gardeners in the British Isles have gathered, maintained and propagated many varying species of plants. Their work has been documented in innumerable books and articles which are often difficult to trace. The Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturalists represents a time-saving reference source for those who wish to discover more about the lives and achievements of the horticulturalists listed. The dictionary's utility comes not only from indicating the major publications of the named authors, but also the location of their herbaria and manuscripts.; The previous 1977 edition of the Dictionary has for many years been a much used source of information for botanists, botanic artists and archivists. In this revised edition the scope has been expanded to include among its 13,000 entries flower painters in addition to botanical artists over 1400 entries and, for the first time, garden designers.; Finally the Dictionary should have international appeal since so many botanists and gardeners worked on collective plants overseas, in particular in North America and the British Commonwealth.; Each entry gives, wherever possible, details of dates and places of birth and death, educational qualifications, professional posts, honours and awards, publications, location of plant collections, manuscripts, drawings and portraits. Its main function, however, is to provide further biographical references to books and periodicals. Comprehensive classified indices facilitate access by professions and activities, countries, and plant interests.
Author : Margaret Willes
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 15,54 MB
Release : 2011-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0300163827
The people and publications at the root of a national obsession
Author : Leah Knight
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 17,86 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780754665861
Leah Knight argues that the early modern cultures and cultivation of plants and books depended on each other in historically specific ways. Knight's in-depth readings of sixteenth-century herbals are incorporated in a narrative which establishes the broader context for the interpenetration of plants and writing in the period's cultural practices to illuminate a complex interplay between materials and discourses rarely considered in tandem today.
Author : Blanche Henrey
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Page : 334 pages
File Size : 38,40 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Bibliography, National
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Author : Victoria Johnson
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 49,74 MB
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 1631494201
Finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for Nonfiction A New York Times Editors' Choice Selection The untold story of Hamilton’s—and Burr’s—personal physician, whose dream to build America’s first botanical garden inspired the young Republic. On a clear morning in July 1804, Alexander Hamilton stepped onto a boat at the edge of the Hudson River. He was bound for a New Jersey dueling ground to settle his bitter dispute with Aaron Burr. Hamilton took just two men with him: his “second” for the duel, and Dr. David Hosack. As historian Victoria Johnson reveals in her groundbreaking biography, Hosack was one of the few points the duelists did agree on. Summoned that morning because of his role as the beloved Hamilton family doctor, he was also a close friend of Burr. A brilliant surgeon and a world-class botanist, Hosack—who until now has been lost in the fog of history—was a pioneering thinker who shaped a young nation. Born in New York City, he was educated in Europe and returned to America inspired by his newfound knowledge. He assembled a plant collection so spectacular and diverse that it amazes botanists today, conducted some of the first pharmaceutical research in the United States, and introduced new surgeries to America. His tireless work championing public health and science earned him national fame and praise from the likes of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander von Humboldt, and the Marquis de Lafayette. One goal drove Hosack above all others: to build the Republic’s first botanical garden. Despite innumerable obstacles and near-constant resistance, Hosack triumphed when, by 1810, his Elgin Botanic Garden at last crowned twenty acres of Manhattan farmland. “Where others saw real estate and power, Hosack saw the landscape as a pharmacopoeia able to bring medicine into the modern age” (Eric W. Sanderson, author of Mannahatta). Today what remains of America’s first botanical garden lies in the heart of midtown, buried beneath Rockefeller Center. Whether collecting specimens along the banks of the Hudson River, lecturing before a class of rapt medical students, or breaking the fever of a young Philip Hamilton, David Hosack was an American visionary who has been too long forgotten. Alongside other towering figures of the post-Revolutionary generation, he took the reins of a nation. In unearthing the dramatic story of his life, Johnson offers a lush depiction of the man who gave a new voice to the powers and perils of nature.
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Page : pages
File Size : 22,7 MB
Release : 1971
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Page : 438 pages
File Size : 26,44 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Botany
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