Posts Tagged ‘Doctor’
Remembering Florida Botanist Alvan Wentworth Chapman: an Apalachicola Naturalist and Namesake of the Chapman Botanical Garden
“If [you are] really anxious to make [plant] discoveries… buckle on your knapsack and make a tour of Florida.” April 6, 1899 Today is the anniversary of the death of the botanist and physician Alvan Wentworth Chapman. Alvan spent the last fifty years in Apalachicola, in territorial Florida. Alvan adored botany and devoted all his…
Read MoreRemembering Civil War Doctor and Salisbury Diet Founder James Henry Salisbury
“With his anti-vegetable views, James is probably rolling over in his grave to see more people than ever trying their hand at gardening.” January 12, 1823 Today is the birthday of the 19th-century American physician and the inventor of the Salisbury steak, James Henry Salisbury. James began thinking critically about diet after serving as a…
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