(17 March 1877 – 1 December 1944) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has about three dozen specimens collected by Charles Edward Raynal. All are vascular…
Category: Herbarium Collectors
William Battle Cobb
(23 November 1891 – 22 November 1933) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 170 specimens collected by William Battle Cobb, who usually signed…
Max Hoyt Hommersand
(10 July 1930 – 16 December 2022) Max H. Hommersand was born in San Diego County, California on 10 July 1930. He received his B. A. at the University of…
Sarah “Sadie” Frances Price
(1849-1903) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NCU) has cataloged ten vascular plant specimens and two fungal specimens collected by Sarah “Sadie” Frances Price. She usually signed her…
Abbé Auguste Barthelemy Langlois
(24 April 1832 – 31 July 1900) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has about a dozen vascular plant specimens collected by Abbé Langlois – all are from Louisiana…
Ruby Deaton Harbison Pharr
30 September 1929 – 8 March 2015 (1) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged approximately 50 specimens collected by Ruby Deaton Harbison Pharr. Most…
Harry E. Ahles
(1924-1981) Harry Ahles was among the last botanists to gain his position through pure knowledge of plants rather than through the usual system of academic advancement. He gained his first…
Oliver Myles Freeman
(16 July 1891 – 13 February 1979 ) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates over 800 specimens collected by Oliver Myles Freeman. As our collection continues…
Wendell P. Smith
(17 Sept 1892 – 11 April 1980) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 140 vascular plant specimens collected Wendell P. Smith. All were…
Alma Joslyn Whiffen Barksdale
(25 October 1916 – 5 July 1981) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates very few specimens collected by Alma Joslyn Whiffen Barksdale. Our vascular plant…