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6 unusual facts about Asa Gray


Asa Gray House

The house was designed in 1810 by architect Ithiel Town in the Federal style for the first head of the Harvard Botanic Garden, and has been the residence of ornithologist Thomas Nuttall and botanist Asa Gray.

Jane Colden

Jane Colden (March 27, 1724 – March 10, 1766) was an American botanist described as the "first botanist of her sex in her country" by Asa Gray in 1843.

Lewisia

Lewisia nevadensis (A.Gray) B.L.Rob.: USA (Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico)

Lewisia pygmaea (A.Gray) B.L.Rob.: Canada (Yukon Territory, British-Columbia), USA (Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, California, Arizona)

Lindheimer House

After military participation in Texas, Lindheimer moved to St. Louis, Missouri to partner in botanical research with George Engelmann and Asa Gray.

Louis-Ovide Brunet

He corresponded with noted American botanist Asa Gray who encouraged him to undertake a survey of Canadian flora.


Annie Bidwell

While Annie and John Bidwell resided in the mansion, they were hosts to many prominent figures of their era, including: President Rutherford B. Hayes, General William T. Sherman, Susan B. Anthony, Frances Willard, Governor Leland Stanford, John Muir, and Asa Gray.

John Bidwell

Some of the guests who visited Bidwell Mansion were President Rutherford B. Hayes, General William T. Sherman, Susan B. Anthony, Frances Willard, Governor Leland Stanford, John Muir, Joseph Dalton Hooker and Asa Gray.

John Macoun

By 1860 he was teaching school in Belleville, and had established correspondence with botanists such as Asa Gray, Sir William Jackson Hooker, George Lawson, and Louis-Ovide Brunet.

Talinum

Lewisia pygmaea (A.Gray) B.L.Rob. (as T. pygmaeum A.Gray)


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