Hays, J. Minnis
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
John William Harshberger Correspondence
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0444
Scope and Contents
Philadelphia botanist, biographer, historian and professor, Harshberger's correspondence is chiefly with 86 other botanists. His book "Botanists of Philadelphia and Their Works," protrays a history of American botany along with the biographies.
Gift of Zoo-Botany Department, University of Pennsylvania through Dr. John Fogg and Mrs. Ida Langman, Dec. 21, 1959
Dates:
1890-1913
Joseph Leidy Correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0001
Overview
Joseph Mellick Leidy (1823-1891), one of the great American scientists of the 19th century, possessed a vast knowledge of the natural world. Best known as the Father of American vertebrate paleontology, he also pioneered the fields of parasitology and protozoology, and was the preeminent anatomist of his time. He was also an influential teacher of natural history and an expert in areas as diverse as entomology, geology and pathology. The Joseph Leidy Correspondence collection contains...
Dates:
1845-1913, undated
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