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unusual facts about Ulmus parvifolia 'The Thinker'


Ulmus parvifolia 'The Thinker'

The tree was named for its proximity on campus to the copy of the eponymous statue by Auguste Rodin.


Invictus Records

A statue of a seated man (Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker") almost covers the entire label, with "INVICTUS" in dark blue at the top and to the left of the center hole.

The Thinker

Rodin based this on The Divine Comedy of Dante, and most of the many figures in the work represented the main characters in the epic poem.

Thinker

The Thinker, Le Penseur in French, a bronze and marble sculpture by Auguste Rodin

Ulmus parvifolia 'Drake'

cultivar 'Drake' was marketed by the Monrovia Nursery of Azusa, California from 1952-53.

Ulmus parvifolia 'Elsmo'

cultivar 'Elsmo' was released by the USDA Soil Conservation Service, at Elsberry, Missouri, in 1990 as an open-pollinated, seed-propagated cultivar of extremely variable progeny.

University of Louisville School of Law

His ashes are buried approximately fifty yards away from Auguste Rodin's The Thinker.


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