Clarence Henry Dennesen Archives

Celebrating Danish Botanist Clarence Henry Dennesen: Soldier, Sailor, and Botany Teacher to Royalty

“After the adventurous days of the soldier and sailor, he became a professor at the Copenhagen School of Botany, and among his pupils was a little princess who later became Queen Alexandria, mother of King George of England, and a little prince who later became King Constantine of Greece.” July 11, 1936 On this day,…

July 11, 2020 Drying Flowers & Herbs, National Rainier Cherry Day, David Prain, Charles Joseph Sauriol, Charles Sumner Lambie, Hamilton Traub, Linden Tree Poetry, Kathryn at Home by Kathryn M Ireland and Clarence Henry Dennesen

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Celebrating the Botanist Clarence Henry Dennesen: Wartime Sailor, Shipwreck Survivor, Botany Teacher to Royalty

“After the adventurous days of the soldier and sailor, he became a professor at the Copenhagen School of Botany, and among his pupils was a little princess who later became Queen Alexandria, mother of King George of England, and a little prince who later became King Constantine of Greece.” July 11, 1936 On this day,…