Rusby, Henry Hurd, 1855-1940
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Name (Latin)
Rusby, Henry Hurd, 1855-1940
Other forms of name
Rusby, H. H. (Henry Hurd), 1855-1940
Date of birth
1855-04-26
Date of death
1940-11-18
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Eschscholtzia californica, Chamisso, 1889:t.p. (H.H. Rusby, M.D.)
- NUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for White, O. Papers, 1902-1968(Rusby, Henry Hurd, 1855-1940)
- WWW, Am. His.-Sci. & Tech., 1976(Rusby, Henry Hurd; botanist; b. 1855; prof. of botany, physiology, and materia medica, Columbia Univ., 1888-1930; d. 1940)
- NY Times obit, 11/19/1940(Rusby, Henry Hurd)
Wikipedia description:
Henry Hurd Rusby (1855–1940) was an American botanist, pharmacist and explorer. He discovered several new species of plants and played a significant role in founding the New York Botanical Garden and developing research and exploration programs at the institution. He helped to establish the field of economic botany, and left a collection of research and published works in botany and pharmacology. He joined a series of expeditions from 1880 and 1921 and in 1921, he led the Mulford Expedition to the Amazon.
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