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Constantine Hering and Calvin B. Knerr family papers
Collection
Identifier: HU-100
Overview
Dr. Constantine Hering (1800-1880), born and educated in Germany, immigrated to Philadelphia in 1833 and devoted his life to the study, practice and education of homeopathic medicine in the United States. As such, he is considered the father of homeopathy in America. Hering founded several schools and organizations devoted to teaching homeopathy, especially the North American Academy of the Homeopathic Healing Arts, aka the Allentown Academy, in 1836, and the Hahnemann Medical College of...
Dates:
1820 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1820 - 1940
J. Percy Moore papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0505
Overview
John Percy Moore (1869-1965) was a Professor of Zoology at the University of Pennsylvania from 1912 to 1939, an Assistant Curator at the Academy of Natural Sciences from 1902 to 1938, and held several positions between 1920 and 1956 at the Ludwick Institute, which offered free lectures and courses in the natural sciences. He was also a world recognized authority on leeches. During his career, Moore named six genera, 229 species, five subspecies and four varieties of polychaetous annelids, or...
Dates:
1847 - 1963
William Bartram Diary
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0407
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary composed by William Bartram between 1802 and 1822, towards the end of Bartram's life. There are no entries in the diary between September 1808 and January 1818, except for two 1814 entries. "Calendar of Natural History, Memorable Events, etc." is written on the detached cover of the diary. The diary contains a record of weather conditions, and observations of blooming plants and trees, birds, insects, and other animals as seen at the Bartram family home, along the...
Dates:
1802-1822
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