Posts Tagged ‘American botany history’
The Mother of Ripon College was a Botanist: The Inspiring True Story of Clarissa Tracy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 12, 1818 On this day, Clarissa Tucker Tracy, a passionate botanist and the Mother of Ripon (RIP-un) College, is born. Clarissa was a remarkable woman who found her life’s purpose in both…
Read MoreRichard Hale Goodwin: A Botanist’s Window on Conservation and Human Ecology
A Botanist’s Window December 14, 1910 Today is the birthday of the American botanist and conservationist Richard Hale “Dick” Goodwin. Reflecting on how he decided to pursue botany in college, Richard wrote, “I loved the outdoors and wild places and had the thought that by entering that field I might be able to contribute toward…
Read MoreSeeds of Discovery: Frederick Pursh and the Flora Americana Legacy
Flora Americana The English botanist Aylmer Lambert wrote to his peer, and the President of the Linnean Society, Sir James Edward Smith. Lambert was giving Smith a heads up that Frederick Pursh’s Flora Americana was published. Five years earlier, Frederick had been working for Benjamin Smith Barton in America. Barton was supposed to process the…
Read MoreJohn and Harvey Ruth: Botanists Exploring Wyker’s Island in 1887
Fall on Wyker’s Island On this day in 1887, the botanists John and Harvey Ruth made a trip to Wyker’s Island to collect fall flora. Wyker’s Island is now known as Lynn Island, in the Delaware River, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The Ruth’s rowed their own boat to the island on this day in 1887, where…
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