Posts Tagged ‘academic history’
Asa Gray’s First Day at Harvard: How a Soft-Spoken Genius Transformed Botanical Science
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 22, 1842 On this day, dear garden friend, the esteemed botanist Asa Gray graced Harvard with his arrival, marking the beginning of what would become a most illustrious tenure at America’s oldest…
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